St. Paul Catholic Church and Cemetery - Center, Missouri
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BruceS
N 39° 30.133 W 091° 36.366
15S E 619844 N 4373437
Historic churchyard cemetery in rural Ralls County west of Center, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMHWH2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2013
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The St Paul Cemetery is adjacent to the former St Paul Catholic Church. The church is considered the mother church for Catholic churches in northeast Missouri, western Illinois and southwestern Iowa. The cemetery dates to the founding of the parish in in 1828, the present stone church dates to 1860. The cemetery continues as an active cemetery even though the church closed in the 1960s. The cemetery is the oldest active church cemetery in Ralls County. The cemetery has several hundred graves with some families have many generations buried here. The cemetery is the final resting place of three veterans of the American Revolutionary War.
Both the church and cemetery are very well maintained.
Name of church or churchyard: St. Paul Catholic Church
Approximate Size: Large (100+)
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