Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church is located in

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. It was added to the

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in 1986. The church is affiliated with the

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History

The church was built with stone from what would become the

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. In the 1920s, the church steeple was struck by lightning was replaced with one smaller in height. The church underwent a change of its name in 1965, changing from The German Lutheran Church: St. Johannes to its current name.

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