Wauseon

HISTORY

Wauseon was first settled along the newly laid Michigan Southern Air Railway in 1853. It was named after the native chief, Wauseon, who once lived in the county. Because of the railroad, the village soon grew larger than the county seat Ottokee, and took over as county seat in 1869.

In 1886, a group of Volga German immigrants from Dönhof settled in Wauseon in northwestern Ohio.

 

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

Emmaus Lutheran Church

Trinity Lutheran Church

 

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Wauseon:

Detterer
Frank
Haas
Hess
Huwa
Keller
Lichtenwald from Dönhof
Lind from Dönhof
Miller
Schwab
Steinbrecker
Stoll
Stromberger from Dönhof
Vogel

Sources

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 57.