St. Mary of the Knobs

ID: 1200 ~ Source: New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection ~ Creator: Ruth Ann Kramer ~ Date: 1965

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View of the church and adjoining cemetery taken about 1965. The church is located at the intersection of St. Mary's and Martins roads in Floyds Knobs.
Image courtesy of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library Digital Collection

This file appears in: St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church

By Carl Creason, Hannah O'Daniel, Katherine Gann, Daniel Michael, and Leanna Smith

St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic Church exemplifies the enduring strength of Roman Catholicism in southern Indiana. In the 1820s, Catholic priests began visiting several families in Lafayette Township, six miles north of New Albany, to celebrate…