La Crosse County, Wisconsin has 100 churches in the Churches List directory, 5 of them verified and 24 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 104 congregations and 51,644 adherents across 41 religious bodies in the county. That is 428 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 120,779 people.
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Church | 12 | 20,709 | 171.5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | 14 | 10,288 | 85.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | 10 | 7,824 | 64.8 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 8 | 1,900 | 15.7 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 6 | 1,378 | 11.4 |
| Muslim Estimate | 1 | 1,184 | 9.8 |
| United Methodist Church | 4 | 1,060 | 8.8 |
| Assemblies of God | 3 | 1,023 | 8.5 |
| Vajarayana Buddhist | 1 | 980 | 8.1 |
| Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ | 2 | 820 | 6.8 |
| United Church of Christ | 3 | 815 | 6.7 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 3 | 662 | 5.5 |
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 (120,779). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
We meet in a high school located at the corner of West Ave. and Cass St.
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Mary, Mother of the Church is an active, prayerful, celebrating, Catholic community located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. We invite you to visit our parish. You are welcome here! M...
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Directory traditions here: Lutheran (28) · Catholic (12) · Baptist Churches (9) · Evangelical (6) · Presbyterian (6) · Christian (4) · Church of Christ (3) · Apostolic (3) · United Methodist (3) · United Church of Christ (2)
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 Wisconsin counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search La Crosse County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
FEMA has issued 18 disaster declarations covering La Crosse County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2020. The most frequent cause: severe storm (7 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.
Directory listings are mapped to La Crosse 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.