St. Mary's (also known as St. Mary's Ridge) is an unincorporated community in the town of Jefferson in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States.[2]

St. Mary's, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
1957 aerial view of St. Mary's
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Coordinates: 43°47′53″N 90°41′14″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Monroe
Elevation	418 m (1,371 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	608
GNIS feature ID	1577807[1]

History

St. Mary's was first settled in 1856 by families who had immigrated to America from Stommeln, northwest of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Those families thrived and branched-out through emigration to other States - notably to: Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, California, and other Wisconsin counties. In 2007, a 500-page book was published (privately) by the "St. Mary's Ridge Heritage Project," Cashton, Wisconsin, entitled: "St. Mary's Ridge Heritage - Histories of Our Pioneers." A second, revised edition is planned (circa 2009). Photos of St. Mary's were once selected for use within an official White House pamphlet, as "one of America's most beautiful places," by former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson wife of former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson.[3]

References

• 'St. Marys Ridge', St. Mary's Heritage Project, Cashton, Wisconsin, 2007.

External links

• St. Mary's Ridge Wisconsin
• St. Mary's Ridge Parish
• St. Mary's Ridge Catholic Cemetery
• Saint Mary's Ridge Genealogy (Monroe Co., WI. Pioneers)

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