Short Creek community

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The Short Creek community is a fundamentalist Mormon settlement on the Arizona–Utah border known for its practice of plural marriage and dominance by leaders of the FLDS Church.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamentalist Mormon community ⓘ
religious settlement ⓘ
abbreviation FLDS Church ⓘ
associatedWith Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Warren Jeffs ⓘ
borderedBy Arizona ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic relativeIsolationFromWiderSociety ⓘ
strongReligiousConformity ⓘ
demographics predominantlyFLDSMembers ⓘ
dressCode conservativePrairieStyleClothingForWomen ⓘ
modestConservativeClothingForMen ⓘ
economy locallyBasedBusinesses ⓘ
education historicallyInfluencedByFLDSSchools ⓘ
familyNorms highBirthRates ⓘ
governance influencedByFLDSChurchLeaders ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Short Creek ⓘ
Short Creek polygamist community ⓘ
linked to: FLDS Church
hasHistoricalEvent Short Creek raid ⓘ
hasPart Colorado City, Arizona ⓘ
Hildale, Utah ⓘ
housingPattern largeMulti-familyHomes ⓘ
knownFor dominance by FLDS Church leadership ⓘ
polygamy ⓘ
practice of plural marriage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lawEnforcementIssues allegationsOfLocalPoliceBiasTowardFLDS ⓘ
legalIssues conflictsOverPolygamyLaws ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona–Utah border region ⓘ
Mohave County, Arizona ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington County, Utah ⓘ
marriagePractice arrangedPluralMarriages ⓘ
municipalStatus includesIncorporatedTowns ⓘ
propertyControl historicallyLinkedToUnitedEffortPlanTrust ⓘ
religiousLeadership prophet-centeredAuthorityStructure ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus non-mainstreamLatterDaySaintMovement ⓘ
religiousPractice communalReligiousGatherings ⓘ
religiousTradition Mormon fundamentalism ⓘ
separatedFrom mainstreamChurchOfJesusChristOfLatter-daySaints ⓘ
Short Creek raid involvedArizonaStateAuthorities ⓘ
occurredIn1953 ⓘ
targetedPolygamistFamilies ⓘ
socialStructure largeInterrelatedFamilies ⓘ
subjectOf legalInvestigationsIntoFLDSLeadership ⓘ
mediaCoverageOnPolygamy ⓘ
timeZone MountainTime ⓘ
urbanType ruralCommunity ⓘ
Warren Jeffs servedAsFLDSProphetAndLeader ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rulon Jeffs → associatedWith → Short Creek community ⓘ
Leroy S. Johnson → placeOfActivity → Short Creek community ⓘ
Hildale, Utah → partOf → Short Creek Community ⓘ
linked to: Short Creek community
President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints → hasCentralLocation → Short Creek community region ⓘ
linked to: Short Creek community
Leroy S. Johnson → basedIn → Short Creek community ⓘ
subject linked to: Uncle Roy