Short Creek community on the Arizona–Utah border

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religious community settlement

The Short Creek community on the Arizona–Utah border is a historically insular, predominantly Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint settlement known for its practice of plural marriage and long-standing conflicts with state and federal authorities.

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Label	Occurrences
Short Creek community on the Arizona–Utah border canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	religious community ⓘ settlement ⓘ
associatedWith	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ other Mormon fundamentalist groups ⓘ
climate	arid climate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalNorm	conservative dress standards ⓘ gender-segregated roles ⓘ
demographicTrend	high birth rate ⓘ
dominantReligion	Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	construction industry ⓘ small local businesses ⓘ
educationCharacteristic	limited integration with public schools ⓘ religious-based schooling ⓘ
governance	influenced by FLDS leadership ⓘ
hasPart	Colorado City, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Hildale, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalName	Short Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	conflicts with federal authorities ⓘ conflicts with state authorities ⓘ historically insular character ⓘ polygamy ⓘ practice of plural marriage ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	child welfare investigations ⓘ land and property disputes ⓘ polygamy prosecutions ⓘ
locatedIn	Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Utah ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf	Arizona–Utah border NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSettlementIn	Colorado City, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ Hildale, Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriagePractice	arranged marriages ⓘ plural marriage ⓘ
near	Grand Canyon region NERFINISHED ⓘ Vermilion Cliffs NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	federal law enforcement agencies ⓘ state law enforcement agencies ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	predominantly Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint ⓘ
region	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Southwestern United States
religiousTradition	Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialCharacteristic	closed community ⓘ communal lifestyle ⓘ
subjectOf	academic studies on new religious movements ⓘ media coverage on polygamy ⓘ
timeZone	Mountain Time Zone ⓘ

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Leroy S. Johnson → residence → Short Creek community on the Arizona–Utah border ⓘ