Waukesha County Wisconsin Genealogy

Known Methodist Churches

Brookfield Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Denomination: Methodist Episcopal
  Established: 1840
  Former Names: East Brookfield Methodist Church
  	In 1868 a group split off from the church to form a Bible 
	Christian Society, which later became Brookfield United Methodist
  Location: Pilgrim Road, Brookfield



Brookfield First United Methodist Church (in operation)
  Denomination: United Methodist
  Established: 1868
  Former Names: Bible Christian Church (1884 transferred assets to Methodists)
	Brookfield United Methodist
  Address: 2400 N. Brookfield Road, Brookfield 53045



Butler United Methodist (in operation)
  Denomination: United Methodist
  Established: 1912 as the Pilgrim Methodist Church
	Present name was chosen about 1936
  Address: 126 W. Stark, Butler 53007



Eagle United Methodist 
  Denomination: United Methodist
  Established: 1871
  Other names: church has been linked at various times with
	congregations in Palmyra and North Prairie
  Location: Main Street, Eagle 53119



Eagleville Methodist
  Established: irregular services in Jericho, Eagle and Eagleville as early as 1836-37
  	established as a preaching point, but not actual church
  Disbanded: 1860 when Eagle Village became the population center due to the railroad
  Location: Town of Eagle



Emmanuel Community United Methodist
  Denomination:   the denomination later joined with the 
	United Brethren Church; joined the United Methodist
	Church in 1963.
  Established: 1846
  Other names: Emmanuel Evangelical Congregation
  Cemetery: located on Highway 74, about 1 1.2 miles SW of Menomonee Falls
  Address: N84 W16707 Menomonee Avenue, Menomonee Falls, 53051



First Free Methodist (defunct)
  Established: 12 September 1896
  Disbanded: by 1909 when Grace Ev. Lutheran rented the church
  Location: Corner of Beechwood and Woodward, Waukesha



First Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: 1859 (two Methodist groups united)
  Disbanded: "shortlived"
  Location: New Berlin area



First United Methodist Church
  Established: 1839 as Prairieville Methodist
  Former Names; Prairieville Methodist Church changed to 
	Waukesha Methodist Episcopal in 1846
  Address: 121 Wisconsin Avenue, Waukesha 53186
  Phone: (262) 542-4256



First Wesleyan Methodist (defunct)
  Established: 25 August 1851
  Disbanded: unknown
  Location: Pewaukee township



German Methodist Episcopal
  Established: 1860
  Merged with the United Methodist Church of Oconomowoc about 1930
  Other names: Lake Street Church
  Location: Monterey and Oconomowoc



Gethsemene United Methodist of Pewaukee
  Established: 1839 (circuit church)
  Former Names: Pewaukee Methodist Episcopal until 1923
  Address: 642 E. Main Pewaukee 53072
  Phone: (262) 691-3240



Good Shepherd United Methodist
  Address: 209 Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc
  Phone: (262) 567-2144



Iglesia Metodista Unida
  Address: 915 Magnolia Drive, Waukesha 53151
  Phone: (262) 542-1233



Lannon Welsh Calvinistic Methodist (defunct)
  Established: early 1890s never had a resident minister
  Dissolved: unknown
  Location: Lannon Menomonee Township



Menomonee Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: 1839 (circuit church)
  Disbanded: circa 1935
  Former Names: West Granville in 1870
  Location: Menomonee Falls
  Cemetery: located on Highway 175



Merton Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: prior to 1880 belonged to the Pewaukee charge until 1902
 	when it was taken on by Sussex.
  Disbanded: 1929
  Location: Merton township



Monterey Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: prior to 1864
  Dissolved: by 1913
  Location: Monterey (Town of Oconomowoc)
  Cemetery: on Highway CW, 1 1/2 mile west of Monterey



North Lisbon Bible Christian Society (defunct)
  Established: unknown
  Dissolved: unknown
  Location: Lisbon township



North Prairie Community United Methodist (in operation)
  Established: 1865
  Former Names: Episcopal was dropped from Methodist Church naems in 1939
  Address: 107 N. Main St., North Prairie 53153


 
Norwegian Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: Prior to 1875 formed by dissenters from the Lutheran Church.
  Disbanded: nothing is known of the congregationa fter 1891
  Location: Oconomowoc City



Ottawa Methodist Episcopal (defunct)
  Established: prior to 1860
  Other Names: Sandy Island Church
	May have originated as a Bible Christian Society in Ottawa
  Dissolved: 1932
  Location: near Highways ZC and 106, Ottawa township;
	near Sandy Island School



Salem United Methodist Church (in operation)
  Established: 1853
  Former Names: German Evangelical Church (original name)
  Location: Hwys. 59/164 (Les Paul Pkwy) at Broadway/Cleveland
  Address: W226 S2440 Highway A, Waukesha 53186
  Phone: (262) 547-5231
  See Salem Evangelical Church
  Website



Siloam United Methodist (in operation)
  Established: circa 1850 as Bible Christian Society of Eagle
  Cemetery: located next to the church
  Location: Highways 106 and Z, Palmyra 53156
	originally built on the Waukesha side of the highway.
   	in 1870 the present church was built diagonally across
	the road in Jefferson County.



Salem Welsh Calvinistic Methodist (defunct)
  Established: 1851 after dissention among members of the Jersalem church.
  Dissolved: 1878 due to proximity to other Welsh churches
  Location: Highway 83, Genesee township
  Cemetery: intersection of Highways 83 and G across from Jerusalem Cemetery



Summit Methodist (defunct)
  Established: 1840 (circuit preaching point)
  Disbanded: unknown
  Location: Summit township



Sussex United Methodist	 (in operation)
  Established: circa 1841
  Other names: Union Church (1855 Methodists and Congregationalists)
	Bible Christian Society
	Methodist Episcopal Church of Sussex-Lisbon
  Address: N63 W23523 Main St., Sussex 53089
  Phone: (262) 246-3748



United Methodist Church of Oconomowoc (in operation)
  Established: 1837
  Other names: English Methodist Episcopal
  	German Methodist Church merged with this one circa 1930
  Address: 28 S. Church St., Oconomowoc 53066



Vernon Methodist (defunct)
  Established: unknown
  Disbanded: circa 1960
  Location: near Highways ES and XX, Vernon



Waukesha Primitive Methodist (defunct)
  Established: unknown 
	donation party was being held at the church circa December 1861
  Disbanded: unknown
  Location: Waukesha Township



Zoar Welsh Calvinistic Methodist (defuct)
  Established: 1845
  Dissolved: circa 1893
  Location: Delafield township



Zion's Church of the Evangelical Association in the U.S. (defunct)
  Established: April of 1851
  Disbanded: circa 1922
  Location: Elm Grove north side of Watertown Plank between Highland and Pilgrim Road
  Cemetery: Highland Drive (Highway YY)



Zion Evangelical (defunct)
  Established: in the 1800s
  Disbanded: circa 1922
  Location: Vernon township north side of National Avenue between
	Center and Evergreen (purchased in 1885)