La Harpe Township, Illinois 

Summary

Located about twenty-five miles east of Nauvoo.1 Created 1825.2 Settled 1830.3 Included Franklin settlement; developed, platted, and renamed La Harpe, by 1836.4 Immigration and missionary work led to creation of branch of LDS church in township, 17 Apr. 1841.5 Mormon population by 1845 about 250.6 JS rode from Nauvoo to La Harpe with wife Emma, 6 July 1842.7