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Great Bend, Barton Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Great Bend, Barton Co., Kansas
History

Many Volga German families settled in and around Great Bend, Kansas.

Surnames
Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Barton County, Kansas:

Arnhold from Beauregard
Bellendir from Köhler
Bender from Kratzke
Berschauer from Kratzke
Betz from Neu-Messer
Bittel from Wittmann
Blehm from Kratzke
Bollig from Louis
Boos from Ober-Monjou
Boxberger from Kratzke
Brack from Schönfeld
Brown from Herzog
Bruntz from Merkel
Daubert from Pobochnaya
Degenhardt from Sewald
Deines from Kratzke
Denning from Herzog
Depperschmidt from Liebental
DeWald from Hussenbach
Dietz from Kratzke
Dinkel from Herzog
Dome from Pfeifer
Dreher from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling from Herzog
Dumler from Blumenfeld
Eitel from Beideck
Erbes from Dönhof
Ernst from Mariental
Ernst from Moor
Fabrizius from Kratzke
Fanestil from Ober-Monjou
Flegler from Dietel
Foos from Friedenfeld
Funk from Hussenbach
Gerstner from Mariental
Gideon from Kratzke
Giebler from Ober-Monjou
Goetz from Herzog
Gumescheimer from Friedenfeld
Hammerschmidt from Herzog
Hanhardt from Kutter
Herbel from Dreispitz
Heronemous from Warenburg
Herl from Wittmann
Herrman from Liebental
Hertel from Ober-Monjou
Jacobs from Pfeifer
Kaeberle from Pfeifer
Karst from Eckheim & Holstein
Keil from Eckheim
Kisner from Pfeifer
Koerner from Katharinenstadt
Kreutzer from Liebental
Krom from Yagodnaya Polyana
Kroneberger from Dehler
Krug from Dietel & Kratzke
Kuhn from Herzog
Lang from Kamenka
Lauber from Graf
Leikam from Katharinenstadt
Leiker from Ober-Monjou
Lock from Kratzke
Mai from Kratzke & Ährenfeld
Maier from Kratzke
Margheim from Merkel
Meier from Louis
Meisinger from Messer
Mermis from Herzog
Michaelis from Kratzke
Michel from Dietel
Milberger from Eckheim
Mohr from Gnadentau
Moore from Moor
Munsch from Schönchen
Niedens from Wiesenmüller
Ochs from Pobochnaya
Pfannenstiel from Ober-Monjou
Rebel from Neu-Kolonie
Reifschneider from Kutter
Richmeier from Herzog
Rohleder from Rohleder
Romme from Herzog
Rupp from Ober-Monjou
Sauer from Zug
Schaefer from Nieder-Monjou
Schaffer from Liebental
Scheck from Herzog
Scheideman from Norka
Schlegel from Schönfeld
Schenkel from Kutter
Schmidt from Katharinenstadt
Schmidt from Pfeifer
Schmidtberger from Herzog
Schneider from Kratzke & Ährenfeld
Schwartzkopf from Neu-Dönhof
Schwien from Kratzke
Schwindt from Norka
Staab from Katharinenstadt
Stang from Volmer
Stenzel from Ährenfeld
Stoecklein from Zug
Storm from Herzog
Strecker from Dietel
Strecker from Grimm
Stremel from Kamenka
Stricker from Shcherbakovka
Suppes from Pfeifer
Tittel from Dietel
Urban from Kamenka
Wagner from Kutter
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Wallert from Dreispitz
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Wegele from Neu-Laub
Weigel from Herzog
Weimaster from Dietel
Wendler from Dehler
Werth from Schönchen
Wintholz from Herzog
Wittig from Schönfeld
Wittman from Eckheim
Wolf from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Younger from Herzog
Zimmerman from Schönchen

Notable Individuals
Resources

1920 US Census - Barton County
Barton County Maps
Barton County Obituaries

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Volga Colonies

50.877, 45.227333
51.890064, 47.156874
51.970333, 45.604
51.890064, 47.156874
51.8565, 47.059333
51.9125, 45.617333
51.033833, 45.537667
50.883333, 45.287167
51.863333, 47.093667
50.732433, 45.443279
50.733333, 45.766667
50.867667, 45.155333
51.647667, 46.637167
51.379167, 46.85
51.510167, 46.631167
51.165, 45.313333
51.736667, 46.8445
50.974667, 45.551333
51.442, 46.739333
50.926667, 46.076
51.165, 45.313333
50.64, 45.395
50.489167, 45.687167
50.366667, 45.66
50.5695, 45.3835
50.886667, 44.83
51.712816, 46.740787
51.170833, 45.663333
50.898333, 45.17
50.693333, 45.424667
51.005833, 45.466667
51.494167, 46.710333
51.1815, 45.9195
51.4845, 46.664833
50.886333, 45.489333
50.4195, 45.698333
51.712816, 46.740787
51.691343, 46.723051
51.125, 47.366667
50.636167, 46.4745
51.2975, 46.861333
51.021, 45.135833
50.969667, 45.698333
51.053088, 45.104377
51.283333, 47.016667
51.2, 46.65
50.726833, 47.050167
50.34911, 46.750019
50.783167, 47.044
50.783333, 46.898167
50.504833, 46.518833
50.783167, 47.044

Migrated From

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50.241111, 11.328056
50.332778, 8.720278
48.916667, 11.866667
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49.016667, 12.083333
49.016667, 12.083333
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