Holy Cross, Wisconsin

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Holy Cross, Wisconsin
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Holy Cross, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°28′13″N87°53′44″W / 43.47028°N 87.89556°W / 43.47028; -87.89556 Coordinates: 43°28′13″N87°53′44″W / 43.47028°N 87.89556°W / 43.47028; -87.89556
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg  Wisconsin
County Ozaukee
Elevation
236 m (774 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 262
GNIS feature ID1566584 [1]

Holy Cross is an unincorporated community located in the town of Belgium in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. [2] [3] Holy Cross is located just east of Fredonia and southwest of Belgium.

Holy Cross, like nearby Dacada, was settled by immigrants from Luxembourg in the 1840s and 1850s. The name for the community comes from the former Catholic parish of Holy Cross, which was formed in the area in 1845. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "Holy Cross, Ozaukee Co". www.wisconsinhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
  3. Wisconsin State Vital Records Office. "Wisconsin Cities, Villages, Townships and Unincorporated Places Listing" (PDF).
  4. T.J. Sullivan, The Catholic Church in Wisconsin. Catholic Historical Publishing Company, 1896. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wiozauke/churches/HolyCross.html
  5. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 14. p. 377, 379. https://books.google.com/books?id=FEEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA377&dq="holy+cross"