Nauvoo is an unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1]

Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
Nauvoo, Pennsylvania
Coordinates: 41°33′52″N 77°12′33″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Tioga
Elevation	1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	570
GNIS feature ID	1182186[1]

History

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Nauvoo was founded in 1844 by the Mormon Nauvoo on account of the Mormon elder D.W. Canfield residing there. Nauvoo consisted of two stores, a post-office, a saloon, a hotel, a church, a grist-mill, a saw-mill, a school-house, a blacksmith shop, a wagon shop, and 25 homes.[2]

The word Nauvoo is Hebrew and means beautiful, a place of rest and beauty.[3]

Geography

Nauvoo is on the line between the townships of Liberty and Morris.

Special Features

There were four post-offices in the Nauvoo area in 1883.[4]

Notable person

• Kenneth B. Lee, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives[5]

Notes

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