Lake Church is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

located in the town of

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, Ozaukee County,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

, United States. Lake Church is east of

and is near

Interstate 43 Interstate 43 (I-43) is a Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Wisconsin, connecting I-39/I-90 in Beloit with Milwaukee and I-41, U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and US 141 in Green Bay. State Trunk Highw ...

History

A post office called Lake Church was established in 1894; it closed in 1907. The community took its name from St. Mary's of the Lake Church. In 2021, the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary was established in the waters of

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off Lake Church.Code of Federal Regulations Subpart T—Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary ecfr.gov September 11, 2023 Accessed September 13, 2023
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References

Unincorporated communities in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin {{OzaukeeCountyWI-geo-stub