Near Ivanhoe in Lincoln County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Site of Lincoln Icelandic Lutheran Church
1899 - 1925
September 6, 2024
1. Site of Lincoln Icelandic Lutheran Church Marker
Icelandic settlers organized their first congregation in 1879. The number of Icelandic homesteads in Lincoln County never exceeded 55, and 32 charter members signed the constitution. The annual dues of 50 cents was payable in two installments. The stated purposes of organization were: 1) to uphold their Lutheran faith and the purity of the Icelandic language, 2) to further cultural advancement, 3) to establish an enclosed cemetery plot, and 4) to help maintain the health and welfare of their Icelandic community. The first church was built in 1899. The original church burned to the ground in 1922, and another church building was built in 1925. That church was moved to the Lincoln County Museum at Hendricks in 1994.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Immigration • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1899.
Location. 44° 29.733′ N, 96° 10.867′ W. Marker is near Ivanhoe, Minnesota, in Lincoln County. It is on 240th Avenue (County Highway 7) half a mile north of 300th Street, on the right when traveling north. Located
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Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Minnesota. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, and on the Great Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Ruperts Land and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Seventh Day Adventist Church (approx. 8½ miles away); Minneota - Ghent - Taunton - Veteran's Memorial (approx. 10½ miles away); The First Settlement of Icelanders in Minnesota (approx. 10.7 miles away); Danish Congregation WWI Memorial (approx. 12½ miles away); The Danish Lutheran Church (approx. 12½ miles away).
September 6, 2024
2. Site of Lincoln Icelandic Lutheran Church Marker
September 6, 2024
3. Site of Lincoln Icelandic Lutheran Church Marker
October 23, 2024
4. Lincoln Icelandic Lutheran Church at the Lincoln County Pioneer Museum in Hendricks
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