I was recently looking at an old map of the township that my family farm is located in from the mid-1800s. Quite interesting! Anyway, included in that map was l

I was recently looking at an old map of the township that my family farm is located in from the mid-1800s. Quite interesting! Anyway, included in that map was location of all the churches that stood at the time. Around my family farm, at that time, there was a church every 100 chains (1.25 miles). This is out in the middle of nowhere farming country, then and still today. If they had enough people to fill a church every mile or so, imagine how many churches the densely populated urban areas must have had in close proximity. And then if they are all ringing bells...