The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University

Immigration to Kansas

History

An large group of Volga Germans arrived in Topeka on 28 November 1875. They were from the colonies of Herzog, Katharinenstadt, Liebental, Beauregard, Ober-Monjou, Neu-Obermonjou, Mariental, Louis, Marienberg, and Graf.

Primary Settlement Areas

Albert Alexander Antonino Bazine Benderhill Bison Bunker Hill Catharine Collyer Cordia Dorrance Dubuque Durham Ellis Ellsworth Emmeram Galatia Gorham Grainfield Great Bend Grinnell Hays Herington Herzog - see Victoria Hill City Hillsboro Hoisington Hyacinth LaCrosse Lehigh Liebenthal Lincolnville Loretto Lost Springs Lucas Luray Marienthal Marion McCracken	Medicine Lodge Milberger Monument Munjor Nashville Ness City Oakley Ogallah Olmitz Otis Pawnee Rock Peabody Pfeifer Quinter Ramona Ransom Rush Center Russell Salina Schoenchen Schönfeld Severin St. Francis St. Marys St. Peter Sharon Springs Susank Tampa Topeka Topeka (north) Trego Center - see WaKeeney Victoria Vincent WaKeeney Walker Wallace Wilson Yocemento

Sources:
Transcript of The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas, 1926.

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Last updated on 7 May 2011.