During the 1850s the town of Verona became the center of the largest Irish community in Boone County. The heart of the Irish Community was St. Patrick's Catholic Church, founded ca.1850.
<html><img alt=“St. Patrick's Catholic Church” src=“https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/30031/0” width=“250” align=“right” title=“St. Patrick's Catholic Church”></html> Although the parish eventually merged with All Saints Catholic Church in Walton, the building still stands, in much altered form.