Funeral Homes in Saint Ansgar, IA

Facts about the city

St. Ansgar is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2010 census.

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History

The town is the site of a pioneer Norwegian Lutheran Church founded in December 1853 by Rev. Ansgar church, congregation and town served as a center for the dispersion of Norwegian settlers north across the border into Minnesota and on into western Iowa from the mid-1850s into the late 1870s. Ansgar on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the congregation, 1853-2003; available in the Iowa State Historical Society collection, Iowa City, Iowa, and at the church.) Pastors in the National Church of Norway received university training in census record keeping; the current parish keeps copies of congregation records continuously from founding to the present, making these records a significant genealogical resource. (See St. Ansgar home page.)[http://72.14.207.104/search?].