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This page is a listing of churches in Jefferson County as of 1939. The active links below represent the limit of what I was able to find in the 11 volumes of "Jefferson County Records" (a/k/a the Prill Books). For information on an unlinked church, please contact our Research Assistant. The listing in the original article presented the churches in order of the year of incorporation; the list is presented below in alphabetical order.
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"Fairfield Centennial Ledger"
October 2, 1939
Section F
CHURCHES IN COUNTY ARE LISTED HERE
Name location, date incorporated, included in comprehensive list
For means of comparison, the following list proves most interesting to those searching out the histories of churches in this county. Information included is the name of the church, location, date incorporated, and whether or not it is still active.
Abingdon Christian, Abingdon, 1843, active
Abingdon M. E., Abingdon, 1866, defunct
Antioch Church, Penn twp., 1862, active
Baptist, Abingdon, 1848, defunct
Batavia Christian, Batavia, 1880, active
Batavia Free Methodist, 1870, defunct
Batavia Methodist, Batavia, 1865, active
Batavia Presbyterian, 1858, defunct
Bethesda, Buchanan twp., 1837, active
Black Hawk Congregational Church, Black Hawk twp., 1869, defunct
Brethren, a/k/a Dunkard, Des Moines twp., 1838, active
Brookville Baptist, Locust Grove twp., 1857, defunct
Brookville M.E., Locust Grove twp., 1860, defunct
Cedar Chapel, Cedar twp., 1897, defunct
Coalport Free Methodist, Lockridge twp., 1872, defunct
County Line Methodist, Des Moines twp., defunct
Cross Lanes Presbyterian, Locust Grove twp., 1849, active
Cumberland Presbyterian, Des Moines twp., 1844, defunct
Dutch Reform, Des Moines twp., 1864, defunct
Ebenezer Christian, Cedar twp., 1850, defunct
English Lutheran, Fairfield, 1856, active
Fairfield Adventist, Fairfield, 1865, active
Fairfield African M.E., Fairfield, 1877, active
Fairfield Baptist, Fairfield, 1840, active
Fairfield Christian Church, Fairfield, 1858, active
Fairfield Christian Science, Fairfield, 1901, active
Fairfield Congregational Church, 1839, defunct
Fairfield Episcopal, Fairfield, 1856, defunct
Fairfield Free Methodist, Fairfield, 1868, active
Fairfield Methodist Episcopal, Fairfield, 1839, active
Fairfield Nazarene, Fairfield, 1937, active
Fairfield Presbyterian, Fairfield, 1841, active
Fairfield Roman Catholic, Fairfield, 1861, active
Fairfield Swedish Lutheran, Fairfield, 1890, defunct
Fairfield United Presbyterian, Fairfield, 1907, defunct
Fairview Baptist, Des Moines twp., 1896, defunct
Four Corners Lutheran, Lockridge twp., 1891, active
Foursquare, Fairfield, 1932, active
Friends, Penn twp., 1869, defunct
German Methodist Episcopal, Walnut twp., 1850, defunct
(a/k/a Dallner German Methodist)
(includes Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church)
Germanville Catholic, Walnut twp., 1865, defunct
Germanville Lutheran, Walnut twp., 1845, active
(see Hope Evangelical Lutheran)
Germanville M.E., Walnut twp., 1870, defunct
Glasgow M.E., Round Prairie twp., 1837, active
Harmony Church, Fairfield, 1869, defunct
Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walnut twp., 1845, active
Howard Grove Church, Penn twp., 1863, active
Liberty M.E., Liberty twp., 1868, defunct
Libertyville Adventist, Libertyville, defunct
Libertyville Methodist Episcopal, Libertyville, 1840, active
Libertyville Presbyterian, Libertyville, 1850, active
Lick Creek Baptist, Liberty twp., 1840, defunct
Linby Baptist, Polk twp., (no founding date), active
Lockridge Baptist, Lockridge, 1856, active
Lower Richwoods, Walnut twp., 1863, defunct
McDowell Chapel, Penn twp., 1867, defunct
Moyer, Black Hawk twp., 1839, active
(see Pleasant Grove Methodist Chapel)
Mt. Zion Methodist, Des Moines twp., 1867, active
New Chicago Mission, Fairfield, 1912, defunct
New Sweden Baptist / St. John's Lutheran, Lockridge twp., defunct
New Sweden Lutheran, Lockridge twp., 1848, active
New Sweden M.E., Lockridge twp., defunct
New Sweden United Methodist, Lockridge, 1849, active (not in original list)
Open Bible, Abingdon, 1936, active
Packwood Christian, Packwood, 1889, active
Packwood Methodist, 1875, active
Parsonsville M.E., Buchanan twp., 1837, active
Pekin M.E., Polk twp., (no founding date), active
Perlee Presbyterian, Perlee, 1875, defunct
Pleasant Grove Methodist Chapel (Moyer Chapel), Blackhawk Twp.
Pleasant Plain Catholic, Pleasant Plain, (no founding date), active
Pleasant Plain Friends, Pleasant Plain, 1841, active
Pleasant Plain M.E., Pleasant Plain, 1865, defunct
Polishville Catholic, Penn twp., defunct
Prairie Chapel, Buchanan twp., 1838, defunct
Presdestinarian Baptist, Cedar twp., 1864, defunct
Round Prairie Baptist, Round Prairie twp., 1836, active
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Penn twp., 1880
St. Mary's / Polishville Church, Walnut twp., 1882, defunct
St. Paul's Church
Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Walnut twp.
(see German Methodist Episcopal Church)
Salina Congregational, Salina, 1860, defunct
Salina Lutheran, Salina, 1892, active
Salina Methodist Church, Lockridge twp., 1837, defunct
Salina Presbyterian, Lockridge twp., 1844, active
Swedish Lutheran Church
United Brethren, Batavia, 1872, defunct
Universalist, Abingdon, 1848, defunct
Upland Lutheran, Round Prairie twp., 1876, defunct
Upper Richwoods, Buchanan twp., 1837, defunct
West End Mission, Center twp., 1924, active
Wilson Prairie Methodist Episcopal, Polk twp., 1851, defunct
Woolson Friends, Black Hawk twp., (no founding date), active
Wooster Congregational, Cedar twp., 1866, defunct