Mormonism

The largest and most popular community of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) was in Nauvoo. Now, much of the city is a tourist attraction with living history actors and exhibits.

because people kicked them out of their land everywhere else they went, they are a religious group that basically believe the same thing as Christians, except that theirs a living prophet in today's times.

No. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) does not run the state of Utah. The Government of the State of Utah runs the state of Utah. Theocratic governments are not allowed within the United States.

About 60-70% of the state-level politicians in Utah are members of the Mormon church, which is simply a reflection of the fact that about 65% of the residents of Utah are practicing Mormons.

The Mormons trekked to Utah in wagons and handcarts, through the prairies and mountain passes. When they finally got to the Salt Lake Valley, they decided to stop, even thought there was nothing but a few trees and the salt water. And they prospered and farmed and brought in trees and lots of other great stuff! :)

Utah has a remarkable history. Probably the most important event in the history of Utah is the settling of the area by Mormons who moved to escape religious persecution.

The Marriott Hotel chain is not affiliated with the church itself, but it is owned by the Marriott family, who are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church.)

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) have lived in New York since the church was founded there in 1830. While the church's headquarters were only there for one year, from 1830-1831, members of the church have always been found there.

Early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" Church) founded hundreds of cities which are still thriving today. These cities are the majority in Utah. Several are also in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, California, Arizona, and Wyoming. Cities were also founded in southern Canada, northern Mexico, Illinois, and Missouri.

The headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) moved from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and then to Utah in 1847. At that time, most Mormons lived near Church headquarters. Now, only about 10% of Mormons live near Church headquarters.

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Brigham Young lead the first group of Mormon Pioneers to Utah Territory (which was then Mexico) in 1847.

People were persecuting them.

The Mormons left Illinois because Brigham Young, the new Mormon leader, heard about a great valley in the Utah desert, which at the time was still owned by Mexico. In 1847, he led a party of Mormons on a long, hazardous journey to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

The Illinois government asked the Mormons to leave because their presence was causing too much unrest in the state.

Under their new leader Brigham Young the decision to leave Illinois was due directly to the murder of original Mormon Joseph Smith and his brother by a mob that attacked the jail where the two brothers were being held.

This depends on if by 'church' you mean meetinghouse buildings or congregations. The number of both is changing on almost a weekly basis as new buildings are being built and new congregations are being formed, but we can get a good estimate this way:

There are 170 stakes in the Salt Lake Valley (by adding up the stakes in the Salt Lake, Jordan River, Draper, and Oquirrh Mountain Temple districts). A stake in the Salt Lake Valley generally has 3 buildings with 3 congregations meeting in each building.

Most stakes have 3 buildings, some have 2 and some have 4. So if by churches you mean buildings, 170 stakes x 3 buildings each is 510 church buildings. Most stakes have 9 congregations, some have as few as 7 while others have as many as 12. So if by churches you mean congregations, 170 stakes x 9 congregations each is 1530 LDS congregations. So, in the Salt Lake Valley, there are 170 Stakes, approximately 510 church buildings, and approximately 1530 congregations. If you need an official count, you can contact the Church through the contact information provided in the "Related Link" found below.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) does not publish membership statistics for any area smaller than a state. However, I do know that the Salt Lake City metro area has many more Mormons (both in actual numbers and percentage) than the Boise metro area. I would assume, with Salt Lake City proper having a higher population and being the headquarters of the Church, that it has more Mormons than Boise.

The Mormon pioneers were run out of Ohio by mobs, forced out of Missouri by government extermination order, and told to leave Illinois by the government. They appealed to the US president for help, who told them he could do nothing for them, so they left the United States for Mexico. A couple years later, the area where there were living became part of the United States.

Speaking in terms of general denominations, most Christian denominations in America are represented to some degree in the state of Utah. The exception is with Amish and Mennonites, of which there are none. But there are Adventist (18), Anglican (1), Apostolic (8), Assemblies of God (22), Baptist (136), Bible (30), Calvary Chapel (12), Catholic (80), Christian Science (5), Church of Christ (20), Church of God in Christ (6), Congregational (3), Community of Christ (3), Episcopal (24), Evangelical (11), Jehovah's Witness (34), Latter-day Saint (4,939), Lutheran (37), Methodist (23), Orthodox (8),Petecostal (9), Presbyterian (25), Quaker/Friends (1) and non-denominational/other Christian (200) congregations around the state.

Pioneer homesteaders started ranches near the Humboldt River after seeing good grazing lands on their journeys along the California Trail. Mormon pioneers settled in southeastern Nevada for free land and to escape religious persecution elsewhere. Miners came in great numbers for the sliver rush and started a boom-and-bust pattern of settlement across the territory. The Transcontinental Railroad helped open up the northern part of the state to resource industries such as grazing, mining, and logging. Water resources at springs and streams were claimed early in competition for the scarce resources.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the 'Mormon' church) tends to be more popular in poorer countries than in rich countries. The reasons vary, but most assume that it is either because the Gospel of Jesus Christ as taught by the Church gives the people hope, they are more humble and willing to accept it, and because the Church does much to help the poor and needy. Another reason some Mormons believe is because the native Latin American and Native American people are decendants of the people in the Book of Mormon, which promises that they will receive the church in the last days.

They really came from all over the place, but they mostly came from Nauvoo, Illinoise. But were forced to leave. Then i think they went to Missuri after Illinoise. Then after Missurie i think that was when they finally came here to Utah. And their group leader, Brigham Young, looked at the Utah Valley and said," This is the place."

In a covered wagon pulled by a team of horses.

Another answer:

The LDS Church believes that Brigham Young was inspired and knew the direction and place of where he was supposed to lead the people to. He had stated he had seen the place in vision. He knew to go west and the variations of northwest and southwest, but he didn't know exactly how long or how far the place was until he got there. When he got to the valley (where a statue now stands) he announced: "This is the place!".

From Palmyra, New York, the main mass of the Mormon faith moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they lived in peace for several years, then they moved on to Independence Missouri, where General Boggs issued an extermination order, forcing them to leave homes and land rightfully theirs to move it Nauvoo, Illinios, from whence they started the trek west to the Salt Lake Valley with their first stop being Winter Quarters, Iowa.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly called the "Mormon" church) believe that God lead the pioneers to safety in Utah. Each of the hundreds of wagon or handcart groups that came was lead by an experienced trail guide. The first group to arrive in Salt Lake City was lead by Brigham Young, who acted as President of the Church after the murder of Joseph Smith. He had received a vision of the Salt Lake valley, so he knew the right place when he saw it.

As of December 2011, there were 139,089 baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) living in the state of Florida.

There were a total of 14,441,346 baptized Mormons worldwide, and 19,317,568 people living in Florida.

This means that 0.72% of people in Florida are Mormon, and 0.96% of Mormons live in Florida.

Because members of the LDS Church back then were persecuted so much for their religious beliefs that they just wanted to cause as little trouble as possible. There is also a scripture in Isaiah in the Bible that is prophesy. In Isaiah 2:2 it reads,

"And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it."

When Utah was first purposed to be a state, it was going to be called the State of Deseret. 'Deseret' means honeybee in Hebrew. So the state has been purposed to congress several times. When Utah finally became Utah, a congressman named the state Utah because he thought he was mocking the Mormons that lived there by giving the state a Native American name. Utah in the language of the Ute Indians means "The top of the Mountain."

What the congressman was really doing was fulfilling prophecy that is given in the Bible.

But before all the above happened, a revelation given to Brigham Young (the Prophet of the LDS Church after Joseph Smith) by Jesus Christ Himself told Brigham to go and settle in the West. Which is why so many people traveled in handcarts and wagons is because they knew that the revelation given to Brigham was what God wanted them to do.

According to the offical 2008 statistics for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called "mormons"), there are 1,857,667 church members in the state of Utah worshipping in 4,734 congregations.

The source of this information is below under "Related Links".