Calvary, Wisconsin is an

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located in the town of Marshfield, in Fond du Lac County,

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. The community was originally known locally as Calvary Station since the community was built around the railroad depot for Mount Calvary. The depot for the Sheboygan-Fond du Lac Railroad needed to be built about 1 mile (2 km) north of the community because of the grade needed for trains to climb the

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. It is located at the intersection of County Highways WW and WH (which was named Wisconsin Highway 149 before the highway was decommissioned in the 2000s).1973 Wisconsin Department of Transportation Official Highway Map It is located in the heart of the Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm in Wisconsin's Holyland Region.

Images

File:CalvaryWisconsinPanorama.jpg, Looking north at Calvary with the Blue Sky Green Field Wind Farm turbines File:CalvaryWisconsinSignWIS149.jpg, Looking west at the welcome sign along County WH

References

Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin {{FondduLacCountyWI-geo-stub