Churches of Ilasco - 1883 to 2015 - Ilasco, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 40.278 W 091° 18.580
15S E 644979 N 4392641
Today only two church buildings remain. The Methodist church, which is still active, and Holy Cross Catholic Church. Holy Cross is a closed parish, but the church is used occasionally for funerals, and on the day I was there - a wedding.
Waymark Code: WMP1CY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2015
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County of churches: Ralls County
Location of marker: MO 79, Ilasco,
Marker erected by: Their Descendants
Date marker erected: 1999
Marker text:
CHURCHES OF ILASCO
1883 - 1929 Marble Creek Methodist Church South
1903 - 1906 Salvation Army Mission Church
1906 - 1910 Baptist Mission Church
1910 - 1926 Holiness Mission Church
1911 - 1971 Dr. Martin Luther Slovak Lutheran Church
1915 - 1996 Holy Cross Catholic Church
1919 - 1924 St. Peters Ukrainian Orthodox Church
1925 - 1967 Church of the Nazarene
1927 - .... Ilasco Methodist Church
"ILASCO was created in 1903. Large numbers of Romanian, Slovak, Italian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Polish, Croatian and other immigrants joined native-born residents drawn here by jobs at the Atlas Portland Cement Plant. ILASCO through its churches, schools, folklore, languages, fraternal socities, cuisines and daily life, left a rich working-class culture heritage that made it unique in Missouri. The community's name is an acronym for some of the cement manufacturing ingredients (Iron, Lime, Alumina, Silica, Calcium, and Oxygen). ILASCO was converted into a company town in 1921 and dissolved in 1963." ~ Ilasco Historical Marker, Dedicated October, 1999