MORMON CORRIDOR

The 'Mormon Corridor' is a term for the areas of Utah south of the Wasatch Front that were settled between 1850 and approximately 1865 by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Stretching from St. George in the southwest to Nephi in the northeast and including the Sevier River valley, the corridor is roughly congruent with the area between present-day Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 89. Most of the population of the state that is not along the Wasatch Front or in Utah's Cache Valley resides in this corridor.
The term is also used to refer to the chain of Mormon settlements, ranging from Canada to Mexico, which could have provided support for a second migration of the Latter-day Saints which might have become necessary due to pressure by the U.S. government, starting with the Utah War. They also were waystations for migration and trade centered on Salt Lake City during the mid- to late 19th century. Some of these settlements were associated with existing or prior towns, and many were abandoned once the threat of persecution decreased after the 1890 Manifesto, and the transportation system in the Western United States matured.

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Major cities and towns in Utah
Major cities and towns outside of Utah
See also

Major cities and towns in Utah




Nephi

Ephraim

Manti

Fillmore

Richfield


Cedar City

Hurricane

St. George

Salt Lake

Provo


Ogden

Logan

Price

Moab

Vernal

Major cities and towns outside of Utah




Mesa, Arizona

Barstow, California

San Bernardino, California

Boise, Idaho


Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Los Angeles, California[1]

Pocatello, Idaho


Idaho Falls, Idaho

San Diego, California

San Francisco, California[2]

See also



Jell-O Belt

Mission field

Mormon colonies in Mexico

Mormon

Mormonism

State of Deseret

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