Includes the following communities
Batesland, Shannon Co., South Dakota
History
Batesland was settled in 1923 by Volga Germans moving there from the Scottsbluff area in Nebraska.
Surnames
Volga German Families
The following Volga German families settled in and around Batesland, South Dakota:
Baumgartner from Anton
Drumheller from Schilling
Sources
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links
Batesland, South Dakota (Wikipedia)
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Migrated From
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