St. Joe is an
unincorporated community
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in the town of
Marshfield in
Fond du Lac County,
Wisconsin
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,
United States
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. The community is located on County Highway G in the northeast portion of the county, northwest of
St. Cloud and northeast of
Mount Calvary
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. It is considered part of
the Holyland.
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.
["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]
References
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Populated places established in 1847
1847 establishments in Wisconsin Territory
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