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The area still had a frontier quality during the early canal boom, making professional and established clergy scarce, lending the piety of the area many of the self-taught qualities that proved susceptible to folk religion. As such the area spawned a number of innovative religious movements, all founded by lay people, during the early 19th century. These include:

• Mormonism (whose main branch is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). Joseph Smith, Jr. lived in the area and claimed to have been led by the angel Moroni to golden plates from which he translated the Book of Mormon near Palmyra, New York.

• The MilleritesThe Millerite tradition is a diverse family of denominations and Bible study movements that have arisen since the middle of the 19th century, traceable to the Adventist movement sparked by the apocalyptic teachings of William Miller. Miller was a profitab. William MillerThe name William Miller can refer to: The 19th-century American Baptist preacher (see William Miller (preacher)) The governor of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817 (see William Miller (politician)) A member of the Canadian Senate who served as Speaker from was a farmer born in rural VermontVermont is the 14th state of the United States, known for its beautiful scenery, dairy products, maple syrup and progressive politics. History Vermont was originally home to the tribes of the Iroquois, Algonquian and Abenaki nations. In 1609, French explo who moved to the area and found many converts there to his theory of an imminent Second ComingThis article refers to the religious usage of the term. For other usages, see Second Coming (disambiguation . The prophecies of a Second Coming are various and span across many religions and cultures. Most notable is the Christian and Muslim belief in the. His successor, Ellen G. WhiteEllen Gould Harmon White ( November 26, 1827 July 16, 1915) was co-founder of Seventh-day Adventism. Most of her life she lived and worked in the United States, except for a period of 1890- 1900 in Australia and some short visitations to Europe. Ellen Whi, went on to found the Seventh-day Adventist ChurchThe Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA colloquially referred to as the Adventists is an evangelical Protestant Christian denomination that grew out of the prophetic Millerite movement in the United States during the middle part of the 19th century. Some re.

• The Fox sistersSisters Catherine ( 1838 1892), Leah ( 1814 1890) and Margaret ( 1836 1893) Fox are generally seen as the creators of Spiritualism. They were daughters of David and Margaret Fox, and residents of Hydesville, New York. After the house they lived in was the of Hydesville, New York conducted the first "table-rapping" séances in the area, leading to the American movement of Spiritualism that taught communication with the dead.

• The Shakers were also highly active in the area, and had several of their communal farms there.

• Finney himself preached at many revivals in the area, and was an early precursor of Pentecostalism in his preaching style that emphasized a living, practical faith marked by the Holy Spirit over formal theology.

In addition to religious activity, the Burned-Over District was famous for social radicalism. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the early feminist, came from Seneca Falls, New York, and conducted the Seneca Falls Convention devoted to women's suffrage there.