Mormon Corridor

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The Mormon Corridor is a historical region of Latter-day Saint settlement stretching through parts of the western United States, particularly from Utah into surrounding states, marked by a chain of predominantly Mormon-founded communities.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mormon Corridor canonical 2
Mormon Corridor historic network 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical region
settlement corridor
alsoKnownAs Jell-O Belt
Mormon Belt
Mormon Culture Region
associatedWith LDS Church migration
Mormon pioneer trail
linked to: Mormon Trail
beganMajorSettlement 1847
centeredOn Salt Lake City
characterizedBy agricultural colonies
chain of Mormon-founded communities
irrigation-based settlements
colonizationDirectedBy Brigham Young
LDS Church leadership
contains Arizona Strip settlements
Bear River Valley
Cache Valley
Gila Valley settlements
Muddy River settlements
Sanpete Valley
Sevier Valley
Snake River Plain settlements
Utah Valley
Wasatch Front
colonies in northern Mexico
country United States
extendsFrom Utah
extendsInto Alberta
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Mexico
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
follows Great Basin
Rocky Mountains
hasCulturalTrait high LDS Church activity rates
predominantly conservative social values
strong community and ward-based organization
hasEthnicMajority Latter-day Saints
linked to: Latter Day Saint
hasReligiousMajority The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
historicallySettledBy Latter-day Saint colonists
Mormon pioneers
locatedIn Intermountain West
Western United States

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Cove Fort locatedOn Mormon Corridor
Cove Fort, Utah locatedOn Mormon Corridor
Cove Fort, Utah partOf Mormon Corridor historic network
linked to: Mormon Corridor