St Peter's History

During the 1930's, oats and corn grew where our St Peter Church is now located. Dairy farms and cropland covered the area, and cows and horses grazed in the fields and farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings dotted the landscape. Farm families worked long hours in the fields, barns, and milkhouses. Many of the families and their descendants have long been members of the parish community - Back, Hornung, and Raemisch - are just a few of the important parish family names that helped build our beloved church. In fact, it was Peter Hornung (deceased) who sold a parcel of his farm to the Madison Diocese where St Peter Church and rectory would eventually be built in 1967.