"Voree was the creation of Jesse James Strang who came in 1844. It was not told whether he found the name of his holy city in the Book of Mormon, or whether it was revealed to him in another way. " The name means "garden of peace".

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[Source: Beckwith's History of Walworth County, p. 410; Milwaukee Sentinel, Sep. 6, 1948.]