Looking east at Johnsburg from the
west edge of town
Looking west at downtown Johnsburg
St. John the Baptist Catholic
Church
Johnsburg, Wisconsin is an
unincorporated community in the
Town of
Calumet
in Fond du Lac County
, Wisconsin
. The community is located on County Roads Q
and W, approximately 5 miles east of Lake Winnebago
, 2⅓ miles southeast of Pipe
and one mile
northwest of Malone
.
Johnsburg is part of
the
Holyland region in northeastern Fond du Lac county.
Church
St.
John the Baptist Catholic Church is a prominent building in
Johnsburg. It is listed on the
National
Register of Historic Places as number 80000137.
The congregation was founded by six families in 1841.
When built in 1842,
the church was the first in the approximately 100 miles (160
kilometers) between Milwaukee
and Green Bay
. Named after the church,
St. Johannes
Gemeinde (St. John's congregation), the community was known as
Hinesburg.
References
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church listing at the
National Register of Historic Places, Retrieved June 14 2007
- Marytown, A Holyland Community: Built on Dreams,
Persisting on Spirit, 1849-2003; Kathryn Bartel; Retrieved
October 10
2007
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