Town of Farmington in Washington County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Boltonville Church

Boltonville, Wisconsin

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, October 10, 2011

1. Boltonville Church Marker

Inscription. Yankee settlers organized the Free Will Baptist Society of Boltonville on February 22, 1872, and built this church which was dedicated June 3, 1873, at a cost of $2,103.80. In the 1880s, the building was home for a Sunday school for as many as 80 students and a church group named “Ladies of Boltonville.” It was also the location of the Literary Society of Boltonville, which maintained the first public library in the community, as well as the meeting place of the local temperance group.

Regular Sunday services have been held since St. John’s Evangelical Congregation was organized in 1905. It is currently St. John’s United Church of Christ.

Erected 2004 by Washington County Landmarks Commission. (Marker Number 03-004.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1836.

Location. 43° 31.641′ N, 88° 6.124′ W. Marker is in Town of Farmington, Wisconsin, in Washington County. It is on Scenic Drive 0.1 miles west of Bolton Drive (County Route DD), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1332 Scenic Drive, Kewaskum WI 53040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Milwaukee.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow

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flies: Boltonville Mill (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Saxonia House (approx. 3 miles away); Theodore Rietz Distillery (approx. 4.4 miles away); Lizard Mound Park (approx. 4.7 miles away); Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); St. Peter's Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); St. Matthias Mission (approx. 5.1 miles away); Homestead of N. Edward Hausmann, M.D. (approx. 6½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Town of Farmington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Lizard Mound Co. Park (was approx. 4.7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Boltonville Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, March 8, 2012

2. Boltonville Church

Looking from the southwest

Photographed by Paul Fehrenbach, March 8, 2012

3. Boltonville Church

looking from the southeast

Credits. This page was last revised on October 21, 2020. It was originally submitted on March 9, 2012, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,038 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 9, 2012, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.