Saint Joseph's Catholic Church (Key West, Iowa)

Saint Joseph's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish located south of Dubuque, Iowa in the community of Key West, Iowa.

[citation needed] The parish was originally established in 1872 by Father Thomas J. O'Reilly[1] for the Catholics living just south of Dubuque in Mosalem and Table Mound townships.

Father James Ward was the first resident pastor.

[citation needed] In the late 1940s another Saint Joseph's Church was established about three miles away in Dubuque.

[citation needed] During the 1990s the parish seriously considered demolishing the current church structure and replacing it with a new building.