New Fane is an
unincorporated community in the
Town of Auburn in
Fond du Lac County,
Wisconsin,
United States. The community is located in the heart of the northern unit of the
Kettle Moraine State Forest. The community is located on County Road S and DD.
History
The first settler to the area was Andrew Eble, who came from Milwaukee in 1855 and built a sawmill on the East Branch of the
Milwaukee River. He gave his name to the community known as Ebleville before he died in an accidental shooting in 1859. At around the same time, a neighboring area was settled by people from
Newfane, New York
Newfane is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 9,666 at the 2010 census. The name was suggested by an early settler.
The Town of Newfane is in the north-central part of the county, north of the City of Lockpo ...
, and were granted a post office in 1852. In 1875, the New Fane post office was moved to Ebleville, and this area became known as New Fane. The post office was eventually removed in 1909.
In 1859, the first
Lutheran church services were held in the community, and a congregation was formed in 1861. St. Johannes Church was built in 1871 from stones found in the area; the name was later changed to
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The dam on the Milwaukee River at New Fane was removed in 2001. The removal has been credited with creating new habitat for the
longear sunfish
The longear sunfish (''Lepomis megalotis'') is a freshwater fish in the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, of order Perciformes. It is native to the area of eastern North America stretching from the Great Lakes down to northeastern Mexico.Berra, Tim ...
.
New Fane is home to St. John Lutheran Church, built in 1871.
St. Matthias Mission is located near New Fane.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Populated places established in 1855
1855 establishments in Wisconsin