Boisroux became an independent Lutheran parish in 1905, with a resident pastor.
Boisroux was founded as a Lutheran colony on 7 June 1767 by Baron Caneau de Beauregard.
Year | Households | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Male | Female | ||
| 1767 | 97* | 281 | 152 | 129 |
| 1769 | 88 | 344 | 189 | 155 |
| 1773 | 73 | 309 | 161 | 148 |
| 1788 | 49 | 270 | 147 | 123 |
| 1798 | 56 | 351 | 186 | 165 |
| 1816 | 82 | 620 | 308 | 312 |
| 1834 | 129 | 1,205 | 642 | 563 |
| 1850 | 185 | 1,672 | 860 | 812 |
| 1857 | 174 | 2,118 | 1,085 | 1,033 |
| 1859 | 180 | 2,233 | 1,143 | 1,090 |
| 1883 | 3,208 | |||
| 1889 | 3,795 | |||
| 1894 | ||||
| 1897 | 4,207** | 2,134 | 2,073 | |
| 1904 | 5,077 | |||
| 1910 | 477 | 6,123 | 3,685 | 2,438 |
| 1912 | 6,063 | |||
| 1920 | 674*** | 5,143 | ||
| 1922 | 3,119 | |||
| 1923 | 3,088 | |||
| 1926**** | 523 | 3,064 | 1,454 | 1,610 |
| 1931 | 4,244***** | |||
*An additional 81 households were included in the 1767 census of Boisroux who were destined to be settled in other colonies the following year.
**Of whom 4,203 were German.
***Of which 673 households were German.
****Of whom 3,061 (1,451 male & 1,610 female) were German.
*****Of whom 4,242 were German.
Lutheran
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Boaro (Wolgadeutsche.net) - in Russian