Kieler, Wisconsin
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Kieler is an unincorporated census-designated place
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 in the Town of Jamestown
Jamestown, Wisconsin
Jamestown is a town in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,077 at the 2000 census. The census-designated places of Kieler and Sandy Hook and the unincorporated communities of Fair Play, Louisburg, and Rutledge are located within the town; The unincorporated community of...

 in Grant County
Grant County, Wisconsin
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, Wisconsin
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. It is located about seven miles northeast of the Iowa
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-Wisconsin
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 border and the city of Dubuque, Iowa
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, and about four miles southwest of Dickeyville, Wisconsin
Dickeyville, Wisconsin
Dickeyville is a village in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,043 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dickeyville is located at ....

, along U.S. Highway 61 and U.S. Highway 151. As of the 2010 census
United States Census, 2010
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, its population was 497.

History

The community was named after John Kieler, an immigrant from Prussia who arrived in the area in 1855.

Education

Immaculate Conception, the only Catholic church in Kieler, was constructed in 1858. The church was remodeled in 1896, when a rock exterior and two front towers were added. A 2004 addition includes a large gathering area on the west side. Holy Ghost/Immaculate Conception School serves students in grades 4 through 8. Students in kindergarten through 3rd grade attend school in Dickeyville.

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