I have a St Pius X High School down the street from me; almost got sent there. Private Uber Catholic school system that goes K-12. All the kids who go there are raised super strict Catholic, corporal punishment by super strict nuns in full regalia that carry out the punishments as they see fit.
Mormons settled in Missouri, as Independence, MO is the place where the Second Voming of JFC was prophesied to happen.
The Mormons tried to take over the whole state through violent rebellion, therefore there was an Execute-On-Sight order put on all Mormons in Missouri. So yeah they all had to scatter to the states just around Missouri.
Today both sects of the cult have moved back to KCMO to take over as much of it as they can, including most of Independence — their Mecca.