Windsor

HISTORY

In 1904, a large group of Volga Germans from Dönhof settled in Windsor. By the 1930s Windsor had become a large Volga German settlement with over 900 families. Most of the families worked around the farming of sugar beets. In addition to Dönhof, Volga Germans from DietelDreispitzErlenbachFrankGrimmHolsteinMerkelMesserNorkaOberdorf, and Shcherbakovka settled in the area.

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

Faith United Church of Christ
St. John Lutheran Church
Windsor Evangelical Congregational Church
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zion United Church of Christ

Sources

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 50.