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Oconto is a city in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,513 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located partially within the town of Oconto. ==History== Oconto is home to Copper Culture State Park, which has remains dated to around 5000-6000 B.C. It is a burial ground of the Copper Culture Indians. This burial ground is considered to be the oldest cemetery in Wisconsin and one of the oldest in the nation. The French Jesuit, Roman Catholic priest, and missionary, Father Claude-Jean Allouez said the first Mass in Oconto on December 3, 1669.〔Hall, George E. 2009. ''A History of Oconto.'' 2nd ed., edited by Duane Ebert and Pamela Ann Loberger. Oconto, WI: Oconto County Historical Society, p. 33.〕 The city of Oconto was incorporated in 1869.〔(City-Data.com: Oconto, Wisconsin. ) Retrieved 2010-08-03.〕 The city took its name from the nearby Oconto River. The first church in the world built for the Christian Science Church was erected in 1886 in Oconto and still stands at the corner of Main Street and Chicago Street. The land was donated by Henry (1837–1904) and Victoria Sargent (1848–1930).〔Nichols, Diane et al. No date. ''West Main Street Historic District Oconto, Wisconsin'' (brochure). Oconto, WI: Oconto County Historical Society, p. 6.〕〔Hall, George E. 2009. ''A History of Oconto.'' 2nd ed., edited by Duane Ebert and Pamela Ann Loberger. Oconto, WI: Oconto County Historical Society, p. 130.〕〔Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal. '' 1997. America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community.'' New York: John Wiley, p. 133.〕〔Cather, Willa & Georgine Milmine. 1909. ''The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science.'' New York: Doubleday, p. 364.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oconto, Wisconsin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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