Hiram, Ohio

Hiram, Ohio is the place where sections 1, 65, 67–70, 73–74, 76, 81, 99, and 133 of the Doctrine and Covenants were received. In the introduction to Section 64 Joseph Smith is preparing to move to Hiram, Ohio, to renew his work on the translation of the Bible with scribes Sidney Rigdon and John Whitmer. Joseph Smith lived at the home of John and Alice (Elsa) Johnson beginning in 1831. While living here, Joseph and Sidney were tarred and feathered by a mob on the night of 24–25 March 1832.[1]

Hiram, Ohio, was settled by immigrants from Pennsylvania and New England around 1802. It is about 25 miles southeast of Kirtland. The population in 1830 was about 500 and had grown to about 1,100 by 1840.[2]