Rural Churches of Buchanan County

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Most of the small village churches have since been abandoned.

BUFFALO TOWNSHIP

  • Castleville Congregational 
    NW corner SW ¼ Section 34

BYRON TOWNSHIP

  • Bethel Church of God
    Years: 1855-1939
    SE ¼ SE ¼ Section 31
    Also had cemetery
  • Byron Center Presbyterian                   
  • Pine Creek Presbyterian
    Years: 1875-
    SE ¼ SW ¼ Section 34

CONO TOWNSHIP

  • German Evangelical
    Years: 1869-
    SE ¼ Section 8
  • Cono Center Presbyterian
    Years: 1896-1989
    NE corner Section 21

FAIRBANK TOWNSHIP

  • Name:
    Years:
    NE ¼ se ¼ Section 26

FREMONT TOWNSHIP

  • Whitney Methodist
    Years: 1890-1944
    SW corner Section 7

HAZLETON TOWNSHIP

  • Bryantsburg Free Will Baptist  
    Years: 1900-
    NW ¼ NE ¼ Section 33
  • Prairie Center Methodist
    1891-
    SE corner Section 25

HOMER TOWNSHIP

  • Norton Methodist
    Years: 1868-1875
    SE corner Section 2

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP

  • Evangelical
    Years: Was there in 1860
    SW corner NW ¼ SE ¼
    Section 26
  • Free Will Baptist of Spring Creek
    (Shady Grove)
    Years: 1857-1965
    Also had a cemetery
    SE corner NW ¼ NW ¼ Section 6
  • Greenwood Wesleyan
    Years: 1867-1899
    SW ¼ SW ¼ Section 25
    Also had a cemetery
  • Lime Creek Church of God                 
    Years: Was there in 1890
    SE corner Section 14
  • St. James Catholic
    Years: 1870-1930   
    NW corner SW ¼ Section 9  

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

  • Hickory Grove Presbyterian
    Years: 1859-
    NE corner SE ¼ Section 22
  • Pine Creek Methodist
    Years: 1858-
    NW ¼ Section 4
  • Pleasant Prairie Congregational (Gatesville)
    Years: 1880-1928
    W side Section 18

MADISON TOWNSHIP

  • Buchanan Free Will Baptist
    Years: 1857-1886
    SW corner NW ¼ SW ¼ Section 19
  • Campton Free Will Baptist
    Years:
    SW ¼ NE ¼ Section 24

NEWTON TOWNSHIP

  • Kiene Congregational
    Years: 1914-1970&
    NE ¼ NE ¼ Section 4
    moved from Newtonville
  • Newtonville Congregational
    Years: 1891-1914
    SW corner SE ¼ Section 17
    moved to Kiene
  • Newtonville Wesleyan
    No further information
  • Newton Center Methodist
    Ca. 1860
    SW corner SE ¼ Section 28?
  • Newton Center Christian
    Ca. 1860
    SW corner SE ¼ Section 28?

PERRY TOWNSHIP

  • St. Michael Lutheran
    Years: 1881-1923 
    NW1/4 NW ¼ Section 5

WESTBURG TOWNSHIP

  • Vista Methodist
    Years: 1878-1922
    Previously a Baptist Church
    NE corner Section 26
  • Westburg Lutheran
    Years:
    SW corner NW ¼ Section 34

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