The congregation was founded by six families in 1841. When built in 1842, the church was the first in the approximately 100 miles (160 kilometers) between Milwaukee and Green Bay. Named after the church, St. Johannes Gemeinde (St. John's congregation), the community was known as Hinesburg.[4] Father Deisenrieder had a post office established and the town received its original name to honor his birthplace in Bavaria.[5] The United States Postal Service changed their methods in 1885 and the community was renamed "Johnsburg".[6]
The interior of the St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Johnsburg, Wisconsin, & it was built in the CE.1850s so the architecture is in public domain.
St.John the Baptist Parish R.H.P. Marker
Sources
St. John the Baptist Congregation, Rev. Benjamin J. Blied, 1980