Camp Springs Churches
Oakland United Methodist Church-Four-Twelve Mile Pike
Saint Johns Lutheran Church-Lower Tug Fork Road
St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
St. Johns German Evangelical Church Cemetery
Saint Joseph Catholic Church-Four
Mile Creek. As early as 1842 Catholic families had settled in the section
of southern Campbell County which as originally knows as "Four Mile Creek" and
later as Camp Springs. Available records would seem to indicate that the
first group of Catholics in the area, consisting of six families, was from
Austria and Southern Bavaria. Priests of Holy Trinity Parish came from
Cincinnati and they encouraged the building of a church.
Mr. Peter Steffen donated a half acre of ground and the congregation bought
another half for a dollar. The foundation of the Church was laid in the
early fall of 1845. During the winter months of December through February
1845, 46 logs were hauled together and hewn. The log church, 35' by 50',
was completed in May 1846, and dedicated to Saint Joseph. This was the
second church to be erected in Campbell County. The original church stood
near the foot of the on which the present church stands. The site now
includes Saint Joseph Cemetery. in 1851 Saint Joseph became the second
established parish in Campbell County after being a mission to Corpus Christi
Newport since 1846. The present church was dedicated June 15, 1865.
During the restoration of 1909, three large paintings were painted by Leon
Lippert in the sanctuary.