Mormon Corridor

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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 the southern 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 US government. 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 and the transportation system in the Western United States matured.