During the mid-19th century, immigrants from the Isle of Man settled in this vicinity and named it Laxey after their ancestral home. Manx settlers including families named Callow, Kelly, Cowley, Skillicorn, Craine, Hudgen, Kermode, Kewley, Quirk, and Quine laid the rock for Laxey Church, identified as the only Manx-built church in America. Members came for religious services through mud, dust, and snow, traveling on foot, by wagon, or by sled. Served by lay preachers and circuit riders, they worshipped with typical pioneer zeal, and Laxey Church became the hub of their community and a testimony to the pioneer spirit of its time. The church stood on this site and was erected in 1855. A nearby monument was built of stone from the church. The cemetery remains active and should be treated with respect for those interred here.