St. Joe, Wisconsin

St. Joe, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community

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St. Joe, Wisconsin
St. Joe, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°51′15″N 88°11′21″W / 43.85417°N 88.18917°W / 43.85417; -88.18917Coordinates: 43°51′15″N 88°11′21″W / 43.85417°N 88.18917°W / 43.85417; -88.18917
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Fond du Lac
Elevation 948 ft (289 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Zip codes 53079
Area code(s) 920
GNIS feature ID [1]

St. Joe is an unincorporated community in the town of Marshfield in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located on County Highway G in the northeast portion of the county, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of St. Cloud and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Mount Calvary. It is considered part of the Holyland.[2]

The Roman Catholic church in St. Joe

The first settlers came to the area from nearby Johnsburg in 1847. A Catholic parish was soon formed in the area, and mass was first held in a log cabin church in 1860. The present-day stone St. Joseph's Church was built in 1870. A creamery used to be in the area.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ http://www.townmarshfield.com/town-history
  3. ↑ Ruth Shaw Worthing, The History of Fond du Lac County as Told by Its Place-Names Oshkosh, Wisconsin: Globe Printing, 1975. pg. 86.
  4. ↑ "Pages in Commemoration of the Fiftieth Jubilee of St. Joseph's Church, St. Joseph, Wisconsin". Russ Zirbel, translator. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wifonddu/resources/church/stjoe_stjoe/stjoseph_stjoe.pdf


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