St. Joseph, La Crosse County, Wisconsin Explained

Official Name:St. Joseph, Wisconsin
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Wisconsin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:La Crosse
Subdivision Type3:Town
Subdivision Name3:Greenfield
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:1.896
Area Land Sq Mi:1.896
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:503
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1299
Coordinates:43.7856°N -91.0417°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:54601 (La Crosse)
Area Code:608
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1573142
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:55-70800

St. Joseph is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Greenfield, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the La Crosse Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is located at the junction of State Highway 33 and county trunk highway M.[3] As of the 2010 census, its population was 503.[2]

Geography

St. Joseph is in southern La Crosse County, in the northeast part of the town of Greenfield. It is bordered to the west by the town of Washington. It is the only named community in the town of Greenfield. Via State Highway 33, it is east-southeast of La Crosse and west-northwest of Cashton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the St. Joseph CDP has an area of 4.9sqkm,[1] comprising the actual settlement of St. Joseph plus surrounding rural land. The community sits atop St. Joseph Ridge at an elevation of, or above the surrounding valleys. To the north, St. Joseph Coulee leads to Bostwick Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the La Crosse River, which joins the Mississippi at La Crosse. To the south, tributaries run to Mormon Creek, which flows west directly to the Mississippi south of La Crosse.

Economy

The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have their retirement home in St. Joseph.[4]

Notable people

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – Wisconsin. United States Census Bureau . March 19, 2021.
  2. Web site: Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), St. Joseph CDP, Wisconsin. U.S. Census Bureau. data.census.gov. March 19, 2021.
  3. Web site: Saint Joseph, WI Profile: Facts & Data . Wisconsin Gazetteer . 2024-07-18.
  4. Bollech, Norene Sr., 'The Villa St. Joseph Story:pre-Villa days to life at Villa St. Joseph today', Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 1996.