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Additional stakes were established in the area around Nauvoo in 1840.

Immediately after the assassination of Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1844, there was a schism in the Latter Day Saint movement.

In 1846, all of the existing stakes, including the Nauvoo Stake, were discontinued as a result of the exodus of the majority of the Latter Day Saints to Utah.