Editing Lamoni, Iowa (section)

==History==
The Lamoni area was first settled in 1834 to 1840 by people who thought they were settling in slave-owning Missouri. It was only after the [[Sullivan Line]] separating Missouri and Iowa was formally surveyed when Iowa became a state in 1846 that they realized they were in non-slave-owning Iowa.<ref name="lamoni-iowa1">{{cite web|url=http://www.lamoni-iowa.com/history-of-lamoni/ |title=History of Lamoni &#124; Lamoni IA |access-date=2013-05-18}}</ref>

In 1851, refugees from the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1848]] sought to settle the area and form the community of [[New Buda Township, Decatur County, Iowa|New Buda]] (named for a [[Buda|neighborhood]] of [[Budapest]]). Their efforts did not result in a significant settlement.<ref name="lamoni-iowa1"/>

In 1870, [[Joseph Smith III]] authorized the [[United Order|Order of Enoch]] to purchase over 3,000 acres (12&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) to form a community of the [[Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints]] (RLDS Church). Smith lived in Liberty Hall, now a museum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jwha.info/cofc/lhist2.htm |title=Lamoni, Iowa, Rlds Church History Tour Page |publisher=Jwha.info |date=2003-05-10 |access-date=2013-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327234504/http://www.jwha.info/cofc/lhist2.htm |archive-date=2014-03-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The city was named after [[Lamoni]], a king mentioned in the [[Book of Mormon]].

Lamoni, just north of the Missouri border, was chosen because of its good farmland and because it is about 100 miles north of [[Temple Lot]], an important location in church teachings. The Mormons were evicted from Temple Lot and Missouri in the [[Mormon War (1838)|1838 Mormon War]].<ref name="welcometobibleverses1">{{cite web|url=http://www.welcometobibleverses.org/my_articles/Charles_book_phd/Chapter7/Chapter7rev2.htm |title=Chapter7rev2 |publisher=Welcometobibleverses.org |access-date=2013-05-18}}</ref>

Members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], led by [[Brigham Young]], passed through the community in 1846, staying at nearby [[Garden Grove, Iowa]], while en route from [[Nauvoo, Illinois]] (where they had settled after being forced to leave Missouri), to the [[Salt Lake Valley]].<ref name="lamoni-iowa1"/>

[[File:Lamoni Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Station.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy station in Lamoni]]
Lamoni was formally platted adjacent to newly laid tracks of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] in 1879. By 1900, its population had grown to 1,500.<ref name="welcometobibleverses1"/>

In 1880, Smith moved to Lamoni (as did the RLDS Church headquarters) from [[Plano, Illinois]].<ref name="welcometobibleverses1"/>

In 1895, the church founded [[Graceland University]] in Lamoni.

After the Smith family moved to Independence to the area near Temple Lot in 1916, Liberty Hall served as a home for the aged, a farmhouse, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_Iowa.html|title = CCC Camps Iowa}}</ref> and a private residence before becoming a museum.

Charles Hyde and David Vredenburg, members of the church affiliated with the church-owned General Supply Company, which owned Lamoni mills, hardware and grocery stores, started a grocery store chain called the Supply Store in 1930, which in turn became [[Hy-Vee]] (from their two names). Lamoni remained the company's headquarters until 1945, when it moved to [[Chariton, Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gahm |first1=Marilyn |title=Hyde & Vredenburg - The Lamoni Years |url=https://www.hy-vee.com/webres/File/Lamoni_Years.pdf |website=www.hy-vee.com |access-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403234249/https://www.hy-vee.com/webres/File/Lamoni_Years.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>