Official Name: | Stangelville, Wisconsin |
Pushpin Map: | Wisconsin#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Stangel- ville |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wisconsin |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Kewaunee |
Subdivision Type3: | Town |
Subdivision Name3: | Franklin |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 807 |
Coordinates: | 44.4003°N -87.6844°W |
Area Code: | 920 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1574789 |
Stangelville is an unincorporated community in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. Stangelville is located at the junction of County Highways AB and J, 9.5miles west-southwest of Kewaunee. St. Lawrence Catholic Church, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is in Stangelville. The community was founded by immigrants from the western and southern parts of Bohemia in the Austrian Empire.
In 1887, the US Post Office moved the post office for the Town of Franklin to this growing community. Joseph N. Tikalsky was named the first post master of the new post office. When Joseph Tikalsky died a year later, his wife, Francis Tikalsky was named post master. During the following year it was determined that there was another community in Wisconsin named Franklin, so the post office was renamed Stangelville for the US Postal Service. The name recognized Martin Stangl, one of the earliest Bohemian settlers in the area.
In 1894, the community build a gothic Catholic Church, St. Lawrence Catholic Church, with a 150 foot tall steeple that can be seen for many miles. The Konop Hotel, Tikalsky general store and Cheese Factory, John Mach's Saloon, and St. Lawrence Church occupied each corner of the rural intersection which was at the center of the community. The town also had a harness maker, Pelnar's Blacksmith Shop, and Konop's slaughterhouse and butcher. All the original residents were from Bohemia.[1]