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Des Moines County Churches

Augusta Lutheran.

Burlington Asbury Methodist.

Historical Sketches of Iowa Baptists, 1886

S. H. Mitchell. Published by Burdette Co., Burlington, Iowa.

Methodist Episcopal, Highway 99, Huron Twp.

Churches & Cemeteries of
Huron Township

Compiled by Mrs. B. Frank Hedges, B. Frank Hedges, Ray Creelman & Jas. Duncan.

Swedish Lutheran, Mediapolis

Shinar Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Franklin Township Churches

From Reminiscing in Franklin Township and Big Hollow by Harold Linder. Edited by Bryan Pierce and Pam Miller.

Old Stone (Baptist) Church, Franklin Township. Photo: Lynn Kopatich.

Old Stone Church May Meeting, circa 1900. Photo: Lynn Kopatich.

Spring Grove Methodist.

The Howe Chapel was located at about 6800 Pegtown Road.

St. Mary's Catholic, Pegtown.

...another view.

Latty Church on Irish Ridge Rd. German writing on back, "Ernvisiterung des Kirchenguser (God loves a cheerful giver). Deutsch-Evang. ZionsKirche, Benton Twp., December 1908, W. Niebuhr, K. Berterman, Fr. Kester, J. G. Herrlinger, Pastor."

Latty Church, 1997. Lynn's grandfather, Fred Sielerman, helped build this frame church in 1905 after they tore down a brick church building. This building was torn down in 1999 because it was deteriorating and had become an attractive nuisance. Photo: Lynn Kopatich.

Shiloh Church? Herb Price says, "I went to the Des Moines County Historical Society and started scanning images of rural churches. Each photo has a catalog number and looking up that number in the society's inventory books may shed some light on what we have."

Shiloh Church? Herb continues, "Right now I have two images of Shiloh Church and I am not sure that the images are of the same church. If they are, that church had a major remodel."

St. Paul's Lutheran church, 175th St.

Long Creek United Methodist Church.

St. John's United Church of Christ.

St Johns Cornerstone St. Johns Cornerstone.

Danville Congregational Church.

History of the Danville Congregational Church

from History of the Danville Community.

First Baptist Church, Danville.

West Burlington United Methodist.

Linn Grove Church.

The Presbyterians built this church in 1880 on West Main Street in Mediapolis. When they built a new church building in 1901, this one was sold to the Free Swedish Mission Church. This picture is from a postcard sent around 1910 and is marked Free Mission Church—no "Swedish." In July 1920, Joe Penland opened a theater in the church building. At some point the building was either moved or demolished and a house built on the site. Edna Penland, a long time Mediapolis piano teacher, lived in the house in the 1950's. Photo: Lynn Kopatich.