Maps
The maps in this section include many of the places mentioned in the Joseph Smith Papers and can help readers visualize the locations that were significant places in Joseph Smith’s life and the early years of the Latter-day Saint movement.
The first section includes the travel and missions of JS; the other sections correspond to the various areas where Joseph Smith lived: Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois and Iowa Territory, as well as maps of the United States in the 1830s and 1840s. Geographical names, borders, and watercourses appear as they existed in the time period given in the map titles. For more information about geographical locations, see the Places page.
Maps
Travel and Missions
Joseph Smith’s Residences
Joseph Smith’s major places of residence and the general direction of his migrations.
Mission to the Indians, 1830–1831
Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer Jr., Ziba Peterson, and Parley P. Pratt departed New York in October 1830 on a mission to preach to the “Lamanites” in Indian territory. Frederick G. Williams joined the group in Ohio. They preached to the Indians in early 1831, but they were soon ordered off Indian land
Joseph Smith’s Travel between Ohio and Missouri, 1831
In accordance with instructions in a June 1831 revelation, Joseph Smith and several others traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to Jackson County, Missouri, where a new revelation designated Independence as the “centre place” of the city of Zion.
Joseph Smith’s Travel between Ohio and Missouri, 1832
In accordance with instructions in a March 1832 revelation, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and Newel K. Whitney traveled from Hiram, Ohio, to Independence, Missouri, to counsel with church leaders.
Joseph Smith’s Proselytizing Mission, October–November 1833
In the fall of 1833, Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon traveled with church member Freeman Nickerson from Kirtland, Ohio, to Mount Pleasant, Upper Canada.
Joseph Smith’s Recruiting Mission, February–March 1834
In early 1834, Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt traveled from Kirtland, Ohio, to western New York to enlist recruits and raise funds for an expedition to help exiled Latter-day Saints reoccupy their lands in Jackson County, Missouri.
United States
States, Territories, and Provinces, 1832–1839
Eastern United States, 1833–1834
Northeastern United States, 1839
Northeastern United States, 1843
United States, 1843–1844
Maps Exploring Possible Latter-day Saint Settlement Sites
New York and Pennsylvania
New York and Vicinity, 1832–1835
Finger Lakes Region and Upper Susquehanna Valley, 1828–1831
Palmyra, New York, and Vicinity, 1828–1830
Western Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, 1828–1830
Ohio
Ohio, 1831–1838
Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 December 1833
Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 December 1835
Portion of Kirtland Township, Ohio, 12 January 1838
Northwestern Kirtland Township, Ohio, 31 January 1833
Church Landholdings in Kirtland, Ohio, circa July 1833
United Firm Stewardships, Kirtland, Ohio, 1834
Hiram Township, Ohio, 1831–1833
Missouri
Northern Missouri, Western Illinois, and Southern Iowa, 1839
Northwest Missouri, 1832–1838
Church Settlements, Northwest Jackson County, Missouri, 31 January 1833
Western Missouri, 1834–1835
Illinois and Iowa Territory
Illinois and Surrounding Area, 1843–1844
Illinois, 27 June 1844
Church Land Purchases, Lee County, Iowa Territory, and Hancock County, Illinois, April–August 1839
Church Land Purchases, Commerce, Illinois, and Vicinity, 1839
Hancock County, Illinois, 1843–1844
Nauvoo, Illinois, 30 April 1843
Nauvoo and Surrounding Area, 1843–1844
Nauvoo Political Wards, 1843–1844
Nauvoo Ecclesiastical Wards, 1843–1844
