Churches in LaSalle County
LaSalle County, Illinois has 204 churches in the Churches List directory, 3 of them verified and 68 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 137 congregations and 43,120 adherents across 34 religious bodies in the county. That is 393 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 109,650 people.
Religious bodies in LaSalle County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 23 | 21,371 | 194.9 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 6 | 4,310 | 39.3 |
| United Methodist Church | 19 | 3,878 | 35.4 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 10 | 3,181 | 29.0 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 16 | 2,760 | 25.2 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 3 | 1,407 | 12.8 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 3 | 800 | 7.3 |
| Assemblies of God | 5 | 772 | 7.0 |
| United Church of Christ | 4 | 741 | 6.8 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 5 | 715 | 6.5 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 4 | 644 | 5.9 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 5 | 590 | 5.4 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (109,650). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in LaSalle County
First United Methodist Church of Mendota
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Ottawa Lighthouse
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Sheridan United Methodist
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Lighthouse Full Gospel Church
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Tonica
Triumph
United Pentecostal Church
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Resurrection Church
United Methodist Church
Church of the Open Bible
Rollo Congregational Church
Cities and towns in LaSalle County
Directory traditions here: Catholic (45) · Lutheran (22) · Baptist Churches (21) · Methodist (19) · United Methodist (17) · Non-Denominational (14) · Church of the Nazarene (9) · Assemblies of God (6) · Congregational (5) · Evangelical (5)
Researching ancestors from LaSalle County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Illinois counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search LaSalle County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of LaSalle County
FEMA has issued 20 disaster declarations covering LaSalle County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2020. The most frequent cause: flood (6 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to LaSalle County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.