Mormons in Mexico

as early as 1874 Mormon President Young was planing for Mormon colonies in Northern Mexico, the first colonists set out in 1875, while Young in 1877 wanted more major colonization fear of Apache raiders slowed the idea, in the 1880s under LDS President Tyler and thanks to Congress passing federal anti-polygamy laws, more colonies were set up, 12 in all, the Romney family has its roots in these Mexican Mormon colonies, is there any way to get a major (majority?) Mormon population in Northern Mexico?
 

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as early as 1874 Mormon President Young was planing for Mormon colonies in Northern Mexico, the first colonists set out in 1875, while Young in 1877 wanted more major colonization fear of Apache raiders slowed the idea, in the 1880s under LDS President Tyler and thanks to Congress passing federal anti-polygamy laws, more colonies were set up, 12 in all, the Romney family has its roots in these Mexican Mormon colonies, is there any way to get a major (majority?) Mormon population in Northern Mexico?

Majority? No. Fairly major Minority? Perhaps. If you could get more converts (or births) among the Mormons, and weaker Apaches, I'm sure you could get a fairly large polygamist population in Mexico by the time the mainstream Mormons stop polygamy.

Butterflies could lead to a stronger, more Mexican-flavored (though still fairly strongly Anglo) Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint splinter church. Or a slightly more unique mainstream church, if the greater numbers of Mexican colonists obey Tyler.

Of course, looking at the areas of greatest LDS conversion in Latin America, I'm fairly sure you could have Mormon-majority towns in the future.
 
It would be almost impossible. The number of Mormons in the Mexican colonies was quite small, and despite the fact the Mexican government under Diaz was friendly to the establishment of such colonies, several colonies still faced an unwelcoming population. Either from the Apache raiders of Mexican prospectors in the area.

You might have a mormon majority in one state for a brief time. Chihuahua, is you best candidate. Even if it has a larger native population than Sonora or Coahuila, climate is generally friendlier. However once the silver boom occurs in the late 1800s, there might be a problem with Mexican immigrants. Regardless the population of Chihuahua stayed thin enough for most of its history that this might not be a problem. Do to its climate you would never get the same result in Sonora, where only the coast would be suitable for settlements and will eventually be overrun by Mexicans.

All other northern Mexican states are well enough populated (however thin) to avoid this.

However if you do succeed at any point. You will likely get an Arizona and/or New Mexico that is also Mormon majority. And their presence in Southern California would be quite noticeable as well.
 
Majority? No. Fairly major Minority? Perhaps. If you could get more converts (or births) among the Mormons, and weaker Apaches, I'm sure you could get a fairly large polygamist population in Mexico by the time the mainstream Mormons stop polygamy.

well today there are 1.2 million Mormons in Mexico and 5.5 million in the USA, and in the areas of Northern Mexico we're talking about has about 6 million people
 

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well today there are 1.2 million Mormons in Mexico and 5.5 million in the USA, and in the areas of Northern Mexico we're talking about has about 6 million people

Hmm... Perhaps if the Mormons cluster in one area, and don't get out by the time of the Mexican Revolution, they could remain there, and you could have a few northern Mexican areas be mostly Mormon. From there, perhaps the Mexican government could pull a US and naturally have the area of greatest Mormon population density be it's own county/administrative area.
 
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