- Marytown, Wisconsin
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Marytown, Wisconsin — Unincorporated community — Looking south at Marytown, Wisconsin
Marytown, WisconsinCoordinates: 43°54′49″N 88°12′08″W / 43.91361°N 88.20222°WCoordinates: 43°54′49″N 88°12′08″W / 43.91361°N 88.20222°W Country United States State Wisconsin County Fond du Lac Elevation 965 ft (294 m) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) Zip codes 53061 Area code(s) 920 GNIS feature ID 1569109[1] Marytown, Wisconsin is an unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, in the town of Calumet.[2] Marytown is located at the intersection of Fond du Lac County highways G and HH. Wisconsin Highway 149 ran north to south through the community before it was decommissioned in 2006.
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Holyland
St. Mary's Church
Marytown is in an area of eastern Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin known as "The Holyland", so called because of the large number of communities built around churches, including St. Anna, St. Peter, St. Cloud, Mount Calvary, Johnsburg, Calvary, Brothertown and Jericho.
A recognizable feature in Marytown is St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church,[3] which is located at the peak of the largest hill in the area. The church is lit at night, and can be see from several miles away (depending on the terrain).
History
A post office was established in Marytown in 1854,[4] but was later closed.
On July 18, 1996, several houses at the north end of Marytown were destroyed and one person killed by a tornado. This was part of a statewide outbreak of tornadoes on the same day as the Oakfield Tornado.[5]
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=5115
- ^ http://www.archmil.org/parishes/ShowParish.asp?ID=145
- ^ Wulff, Eugene C.. The New Holstien Story. pp. 16.
- ^ Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak of July 18, 1996: Formation of Tornadic Supercells, PDF file, Renee Geiser, Retrieved October 9, 2007
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Municipalities and communities of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Cities Fond du Lac | Ripon | Waupun‡
Villages Brandon | Campbellsport | Eden | Fairwater | Kewaskum‡ | Mount Calvary | North Fond du Lac | Oakfield | Rosendale | St. Cloud
Towns Alto | Ashford | Auburn | Byron | Calumet | Eden | Eldorado | Empire | Fond du Lac | Forest | Friendship | Lamartine | Marshfield | Metomen | Oakfield | Osceola | Ripon | Rosendale | Springvale | Taycheedah | Waupun
CDPs St. Peter | Taycheedah | Van Dyne
Unincorporated
communitiesArcade Acres | Ashford | Byron | Calumetville‡ | Calvary | Dexter | Dotyville | Dundee | Eldorado | Garnet | Hamilton | Johnsburg | Ladoga | Lamartine | Malone | Marblehead | Marytown | New Fane | New Prospect | Oak Center | Peebles | Pipe | Rogersville | Silica | South Byron | St. Joe | Waucousta | Woodhull
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
- Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin geography stubs
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