The history of historic Oconto County, WI church buildings and congregations.

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HISTORIC OCONTO COUNTY PIONEER ARCHIVES

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Oconto County Lumberman
November 27, 1869

There are now five churches and seven sabbathe schools in Oconto County.

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German Lutheran Church (aka) Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church 501 Madison Street (now 511) City of Oconto Click the button for the church history page.	St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Klondike town of Brazeau built in 1887. Click the button for the church history page	Mount Olive Evangelical Lutheran Church Suring Built 1925. Click the button for the church history page	St. Joseph of the Lake South Branch near Breed Click the button for the church history page.
Methodist Church Sampson Built 1908 Click the button for the church history page	St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church - Spruce Built 1892 Click the button for the church history page	First Presbyterian - city of Oconto Click the button for the church history page	Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church (aka) German Lutheran Church 501 Madison Street (now 511) City of Oconto Click the button for the church history page
First Presbyterian Church of Coullardville Built 1895 Click the button for the church history page	Brookside Community Methodist Church and Hall Click the button for the church history page	St John Cantius Catholic Church Sobieski 1902 - 1952 contributed by Mike Brzezinski Click the button for the church history page	originally St Leo St Pius Catholic Church Little Suamico built 1902 Click the button for the church history page.
St. Anthony Catholic Church - Oconto Falls `Photo contributed by:` Jill Gondeck Click the button for the church history page.	Country/Union Methodist Church of Abrams contributed by Bob Reim Click the button for the church history page.	Abrams German Methodist Episcopal Chrurch contributed by Bob Reim Built in 1883 Photo taken c: 1900 Click the button for the church history page.	St. Peter's Catholic Church - Frenchtown (city of Oconto) Congregation organized in 1852. Built 1857. Click the button for the church history page.
The Methodist Church - Hickory Sketch by Bette Rae Turner `contributed by:`Rick Hidder Click the button for the church history page.	Church of Christ - Hickory Click the button for the church history page.	First French Presbyterian Church Little River was built in 1887. `contributed by:`Tina Click the button for the church history page.	Zion Swedish Lutheran Church of Mosling, town of Underhill. Click the button for the church history page.
The Methodist church 117 W. Harley Street Lena. 1906 contributed by: Marcy Ostrander Click the button for the church history page.	St Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church - Oconto Falls 1952 Click the button for the church history page.	Sacred Heart of Jesus The "Little Church" of Spruce was built in 1893. Click the button for the church history page.	originally St. Cecilia St. Joseph Catholic Church - town of Chase was built in 1912. Click the button for the church history page.
St Paul Evangelical city of Oconto. Click the button for the church history page.	Methodist Episcobal Church - Suring built in the late 1800's. The building still stands but services are held in a more recent structure. Click the button for the church history page.	Zion Lutheran Church city of Oconto. Click the button for the church history page.	St. John's Lutheran Church - Hayes, being built in 1904. Click the button for the church history page.
Evangelical Immanuel Lutheran Church - city of Oconto, was originally of German formation. 501 Madison Street (now 511) City of Oconto Click the button for the church history page.	Emmanuel Lutheran Church Breed contributed by Bill Fonferek	St John The Evangelist Catholic Church Gillett built 1887 Click the button for the church history page.	Originally named "Swedish Evangelical Lutheran" and the "Scandinavian Lutheran" Churches, it is combined presently as Tabor Lutheran Church Mountain. Click the button for the church history page.
First Methodist Church city of Oconto. Click the button for the church history page.	Trinity Lutheran Church - Maple Valley, built 1887. The first congregation was made up of Norwegian and Swedish families and was called the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Church. This building served the congregation until 1935.	St Joseph's Catholic Church - Frenchtown (city of Oconto).The original membership was German. Click the button for the church history page.	Trinity Lutheran Church - city of Oconto. 622 Madison St. Click the button for the church history page.
St. Mark's Episcobal Church - city of Oconto. Click the button for the church history page.	St. Michael's Catholic Church - Suring, built 1908 Click the button for the church history page.	Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren of Morgan Built in 1885. It replaced a log church. Click the button for the church history page.	St John Lutheran Church Little Suamico. built 1885. Click the button for the church history page.
Christ Lutheran Church - Built in 1909 this building replaced the log church built in 1898. Organized as Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1892. Click the button for the church history page.	St. Charles Church of Lena Photo taken 1907 Click the button for the church history page.	Second Presbyterian Church in city of Oconto was at Main and Ellis Ave. It was destroyed by fire in 1890 when nearby Fire Station #1 went ablaze.	Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church Oconto Falls (1939 - 1960) originally St. Jacob's Lutheran Church (1905 - 1939) Corner of Cadwell and 408 Washington Streets built 1905 and Zion (German) Lutheran Church Franklin and Union Streets established 1897 - 1939 (merged with St. Jacob's in 1939) No longer standing Click the button for the church history page.
St John Riverside Lutheran Church - Wilhelmswald 5686 Highway 32 - town of Oconto Falls 2004 Click the button for the church history page.	Oconto Falls Methodist Church was organized in 1863 Click the button for the church history page.	Evangelical United Brethern Church - Hayes built in 1885. Click the button for the church history page.	Christus Evangelical Lutheran Church 1877 - 1926 Pensaukee Oconto County, Wisconsin Click the button for the church history page.
Zion Lutheran Church Pensaukee Destroyed by lightning Click the button for the church history page.	Immanuel Lutheran Church - Gillett Built in 1885, this log church was the first for the congregation. It was later replaced and used as the church school. Click the button for the church history page.	The first Christian Science Church ever built in the world, was in the city of Oconto, WI, in 1886. Before there was even a motherhouse in Boston, the birthplace of the group,, Oconto had this church. Click the button for the church history page.	Old St. John's Lutheran Church - Gillett Click the button for the church history page.
St. Johannis German Evangelical Lutheran Church Underhill, WI Click the button for the church history page.	St Patrick Catholic Church - Stiles was built in 1896. Click the button for the church history page.	First Methodist Church Gillett Click the button for the church history page.

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