Hirschville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Dunn County, North Dakota, United States.
History
The Hirschville area was settled by
German-Hungarians and
German-Russians.
Post office
On May 11, 1911, a U.S. post office was annexed to the general store. The mail route was connected to
Taylor
Taylor, Taylors or Taylor's may refer to:
People
* Taylor (surname)
**List of people with surname Taylor
* Taylor (given name), including Tayla and Taylah
* Taylor sept, a branch of Scottish clan Cameron
* Justice Taylor (disambiguation)
Plac ...
in neighboring
Stark County. The station was called Hirschville in commemoration of its founder, Casper Hirsch
[ ] (1865–1931, name sometimes also spelled ''Kaspar''
or ''Kasper''). Pius Stockie (1885–1960) was appointed mail carrier. Casper Hirsch served as the postmaster at Hirschville until he relocated to Wisconsin in 1917.
The Hirschville post office was discontinued in 1920.
Church
St. Philip's Parish was established in 1907.
On December 12, 1910, Casper and Marianna Hirsch donated of land for St. Philip's Catholic Church to hold services for German-speaking immigrants. Shortly after the church was completed, Casper Hirsch established a grocery and hardware store nearby. In 1916 a fair was held in Hirschville to raise money for a new church building there. The new church served a congregation of 130 families when it was completed.
[ ] In the 1990s, the Hirschville church was a mission church of
Saints Peter and Paul Church in
New Hradec.
By the late 1990s, the church's active congregation had declined to only a dozen families at most,
[ ] and a farewell mass was held at the church on June 27, 1998. Although there was local interest in preserving the church with support from the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that works in the field of historic preservation in the United States. The member-supported organization was founded in 1949 by ...
, the church was burned in 2000.
[ ]
References
External links
Families Divided on Church's Fate Photos of St. Philip's Catholic Church (1916–2000)
German-American culture in North Dakota
Unincorporated communities in North Dakota
Unincorporated communities in Dunn County, North Dakota
Populated places established in 1910
1910 establishments in North Dakota
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