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21-43 Mormon Community

Side A: Kirtland in the 1830s became an early gathering place and headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which had been organized under divine inspiration by Joseph Smith in western New York in 1830. Here the Mormons, as they are known outside the faith, created a religious community and introduced doctrinal concepts, organizational programs, and social practices that have been central to the religion ever since. The Kirtland Temple, dedicated in 1836, was the spiritual center of the faith. Internal dissension and external persecution arose largely from the distinctive features of the religion and weakened the Mormon community in Kirtland. In 1838, the majority of the Mormons here followed Smith westward to Missouri, Illinois, and eventually Utah.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 7800 Kirtland-Chardon Rd., 
Kirtland, 
OH, 
44094
Location: At the entrance of the Kirtland Visitors Center
Latitude: 41.6284149
Longitude: -81.3594222