The Holyland (Wisconsin)

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg

The Holyland is an American region located mainly in northeastern Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin and southern Calumet County.^[1] The area is known for its distinctive agricultural landscape, a close-knit community life, and deep Roman Catholicism brought by Germans who first settled the region in the 1840s.^[2] The area has been studied as an example of chain migration.^[3] It has been called "The Holyland" since at least 1898.^[3]

^ "German-Catholic immigrants shaped life, communities in east-central Wisconsin". University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
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[UWMadison20030225-1] "German-Catholic immigrants shaped life, communities in east-central Wisconsin". University of Wisconsin–Madison. 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2008-09-15.

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