St. John the Baptist Church

At the turn of the Century life in the Carpathian Mountains area in Europe was very impoverished and when word came that America was a land of freedom and opportunity, many migrated here to the Youngstown area where a new steel mill was in operation and jobs were plentiful.Those that settled here joined together to form the “St George Society” and this group of people in search for a place to worship petitioned the State of Ohio for a charter to form the “St John’s Congregation of East Youngstow...