Festina, Iowa

In 1850–51, "a single house of entertainment, a kind of saloon" was located at Festina. St. Mary's Catholic Church was established in 1854. The population in 1880 was 127. Around that time, Festina had a brewery, a public school, a post office, two general stores, and was described as lying "in a beautiful valley five miles south of Calmar". ==Education==

Students attend schools in the South Winneshiek School District. In 2019 CFS and St. Theresa of Calcutta in Ossian announced plans to consolidate into a single school, with the Calmar campus closing. Beginning fall 2020 the Ossian campus will house grades K-2 and middle school while the Spillville campus will house grades 3–4. ==World's smallest church==

Located southwest of Festina is St. Anthony of Padua Chapel, described at the "world’s smallest church". Measuring by , it is able to seat eight people. The boy returned home unharmed, and the chapel was built of locally quarried stone in 1885. ==References==