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Franklin Center, [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], now known as Franklin, is a village in [[Lee County (Iowa, USA)|Lee County]], southeastern Iowa, near which the first Mennonite settlers in Iowa lived. The first Mennonite congregation in Iowa (now extinct) was located east of the present village; its church was dedicated in 1850. In 1868 it was replaced by a church built in the village by the Mennonite immigrants from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] and the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]] who lived nearby. | Franklin Center, [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]], now known as Franklin, is a village in [[Lee County (Iowa, USA)|Lee County]], southeastern Iowa, near which the first Mennonite settlers in Iowa lived. The first Mennonite congregation in Iowa (now extinct) was located east of the present village; its church was dedicated in 1850. In 1868 it was replaced by a church built in the village by the Mennonite immigrants from [[Bayern Federal State (Germany)|Bavaria]] and the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]] who lived nearby. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 5 March 2021
Franklin Center, Iowa, now known as Franklin, is a village in Lee County, southeastern Iowa, near which the first Mennonite settlers in Iowa lived. The first Mennonite congregation in Iowa (now extinct) was located east of the present village; its church was dedicated in 1850. In 1868 it was replaced by a church built in the village by the Mennonite immigrants from Bavaria and the Palatinate who lived nearby.
| Author(s) | Melvin Gingerich |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Gingerich, Melvin. "Franklin (Iowa, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 18 Dec 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Franklin_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=170358.
APA style
Gingerich, Melvin. (1956). Franklin (Iowa, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 December 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Franklin_(Iowa,_USA)&oldid=170358.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 377. All rights reserved.
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