Courtesy/Jeremy P. Ämick
Johann Plank (later “Rank”) helped establish Zion Lutheran Church south of Jefferson City in 1843. Pictured is a pencil drawing of the first church, a log structure erected in 1845.
The Rank family, early Bavarian immigrants to Cole County, were involved in the establishment and growth of Lutheran churches in Cole County.
This evolution began in 1843, when Johann Plank became a founding member of Zion Lutheran Church south of Jefferson City, setting roots that would later form connections to Trinity...
