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Re: What are the cities around the world with high LDS populations?

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Gilmer, TX
Population: 5,000
LDS presence: 4 wards
Location: 120 miles east of Dallas

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Re: What are the cities around the world with high LDS populations?

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Why haven't you posted about your knee surgery? Because it was so minor you have already forgot about it?

Anyway, there are no big cities around the world of LDS.

California has 750,000 LDS, but they are scattered, or sprinkled like salt all over the state, and are only 2% of the population and only one half of them are at all active.

The only high density LDS towns are small towns around Utah, Arizona and Idaho that were long ago established by LDS pioneers/settlers.

There are many such little towns around with 95 or so percent LDS, but again, about half and then not all the time active or fully active.

Why do you ask?
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Highland Utah.

Okay granted our population is only around 19,000. But our local high school is the 5th largest in the state. When my oldest son was in high school (this was over 10 years ago) the School had about 98% of it's student body enrolled in Seminary. OKAY major disclaimer, many of those kids were in because of their parents forcing them. Still it was a good thought. :D

Those numbers have gone down I'm sure since then. There have been many non-members move here because of the family friendly community with high standards. Heck our local stores and shops are even closed on Sunday's.

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Nukuʻalofa, Tonga
Papeete, French Polynesia
Lamont, Iowa

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gkearney wrote: February 1st, 2018, 9:02 pmLamont, Iowa
I'd be surprised if there were any LDS people living in Lamont, Iowa, let alone a majority. There are 3 churches in the tiny town of Lamont, none of which are LDS -
First Baptist Church
Grace United Methodist Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church

I'm curious where you're getting your data?

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EmmaLee wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 12:41 pm
gkearney wrote: February 1st, 2018, 9:02 pmLamont, Iowa
I'd be surprised if there were any LDS people living in Lamont, Iowa, let alone a majority. There are 3 churches in the tiny town of Lamont, none of which are LDS -
First Baptist Church
Grace United Methodist Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church

I'm curious where you're getting your data?
Maybe he means Lamoni, Iowa, but that is Community of Christ territory.

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Re: What are the cities around the world with high LDS populations?

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Some towns in Wyoming as well.

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Tbone wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 1:59 pm
EmmaLee wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 12:41 pm
gkearney wrote: February 1st, 2018, 9:02 pmLamont, Iowa
I'd be surprised if there were any LDS people living in Lamont, Iowa, let alone a majority. There are 3 churches in the tiny town of Lamont, none of which are LDS -
First Baptist Church
Grace United Methodist Church
St. Peter Lutheran Church

I'm curious where you're getting your data?
Maybe he means Lamoni, Iowa, but that is Community of Christ territory.
I considered that, but yeah, no LDS in Lamoni either. I've lived in Iowa for 30 years - there are no towns or cities in the state that have a majority or even a high number of LDS people.

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Re: What are the cities around the world with high LDS populations?

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Sourry auto correctiona nd me not paying attention I did mean Lamoni, Iowa. Yes I know it is an RLDS town so I'm stretching the case here. Others would be Stonington, Deer Isle, Beals Island and Jonesport, Maine.

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They changed from RLDS to Community of Christ 17 years ago - nobody around here has any idea what "RLDS" even is anymore (except for much older people), nor does anyone (least of all, CoC members) connect them to the LDS Church.

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EmmaLee wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 4:21 pm They changed from RLDS to Community of Christ 17 years ago - nobody around here has any idea what "RLDS" even is anymore (except for much older people), nor does anyone (least of all, CoC members) connect them to the LDS Church.
Well my RLDS family, in maine still use the older name, along with the new one and while some might not make the connection between two my family still very much do even if it is to consider the LDS to be an apostate branch of the faith. I take a fairly expansive view of the matter give I have family spread across the restoration.

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gkearney wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 4:45 pm
EmmaLee wrote: February 2nd, 2018, 4:21 pm They changed from RLDS to Community of Christ 17 years ago - nobody around here has any idea what "RLDS" even is anymore (except for much older people), nor does anyone (least of all, CoC members) connect them to the LDS Church.
Well my RLDS family, in maine still use the older name, along with the new one and while some might not make the connection between two my family still very much do even if it is to consider the LDS to be an apostate branch of the faith. I take a fairly expansive view of the matter give I have family spread across the restoration.
You've mentioned before about your CoC family, so I figured that's where you were coming from. Our long-time neighbors across the street are CoC (in fact, she graduated from Graceland in Lamoni) - they would die before they referred to themselves as RLDS, or claimed any connection whatsoever to the LDS Church - so maybe it's a regional thing. Both sides of my family joined the LDS Church in 1830, so I have family spread across the restoration, as well. ;) Nevertheless, not sure what that has to do with this thread, as he asked about cities with high LDS populations, not splinter groups, but whatevs.

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Re: What are the cities around the world with high LDS populations?

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Mesa, AZ (about 22% LDS)
Queen Creek, AZ
Gilbert, AZ
San Tan Valley, AZ
Chandler, AZ
Douglas, AZ
Safford/Pima, AZ
Snowflake, AZ

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