John Haen described the St. Anna area prior to European emigrants: "The land at the coming of the early settlers in this vicinity was covered with dense forests which had not been touched by woodmen's axe.

The woods were teeming with deer and other wild animals hunted only by the Brothertown Indians who inhabited this region.

St. Anna's development began in the fall of 1848 when some of these German Roman Catholics built a log church.

[6] St. Anna is located at the edge of an area in eastern Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, known as "The Holyland", so called because of the large number of communities built around churches, including St. Peter, St.

A recognizable feature in St. Anna is the Roman Catholic St. Ann's Church, located at the peak of the largest hill in the area.