Morman Church

Morman Church is a New Jersey historical marker in Ocean County, dedicated 1963.

On site where church stood, across route 9 from Central RR Station, where Flint Road crosses Main Street · location approximate

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Site of church which was the center of Mormonism in New Jersey. Joseph Smith preached here and won many converts in 1840

TodayHistorical map

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1834 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1840 · New-Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1847 · New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1872 · Ocean Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1888 · Barnegat, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering the location of Morman Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey (H. S. Tanner, 1834), 1834, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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