HISTORY
A 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
Goodland
Gorham
Grainfield
Great Bend
Grinnell
Hays
Herington
Herzog - see Victoria
Hill City
Hillsboro
Hoisington
Hyacinth
LaCrosse
Lehigh
Leoti
Liebenthal
Lincolnville
Loretto
Lost Springs
Lucas
Luray
Lydia
Marienthal
Marion
McCracken
Medicine Lodge
Milberger
Monument
Munjor
Nashville
Ness City
Oakley
Ogallah
Olmitz
Otis
Pawnee Rock
Peabody
Pfeifer
Plains
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
Tribune
Victoria
Vincent
WaKeeney
Walker
Wallace
Wilson
Yocemento
Transcript of The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas, 1926.
Volga German Immigrants: A Kansas Portrait (Kansas State Historical Society)
Online Exhibits - From Far Away Russia: Russian-Germans in Kansas (Kansas State Historical Society)
Around Kansas - Kansas Churches built by German Immigrants (YouTube)
Leona Pfeifer on wedding traditions in Ellis County, Kansas (YouTube)
Leona Pfeifer on German dialects in Ellis County, Kansas (YouTube)
Volga Germans of Ellis County, Kansas (Kevin Rupp)