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Lost Springs, Marion Co., Kansas

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Lost Springs, Marion Co., Kansas
History

Lost Springs was named for the old lost spring near the city.

Volga German families settled in and around Lost Springs.

Surnames
Bernhardt (Moor)
Deines
Han(d)schu(h) (Shcherbakovka)
Ladner
Laubhan
Mohn
Reisig
Schwemmer (Grimm)
Vol(l)e(r)t / Wol(l)e(r)t
Volga German Families

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

Bernhardt from Galka
Deines from Franzosen
Fischer from Galka
Hanschu from Shcherbakovka
Keil from Galka
Laubhan from Galka
Laudner from Galka
Mohn
Reisig from Shcherbakova
Schneider
Schwemmer from Dreispitz
Sinner from Dreispitz
Wollert from Holstein

Volga Colonies
Dreispitz
Franzosen
Galka
Holstein
Shcherbakovka
Sources

Declaration of Intentions filed in Marion Co., Kansas (Janet Flickenger)

Resources

Declaration of Intentions filed in Marion Co., Kansas (Janet Flickenger)

External Links

Lost Springs, Kansas (Wikipedia)

Booster Day in Lost Springs, Kansas (1914).
Source: Wichita State University Archives

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Volga Colonies

Shcherbakovka
50.489167, 45.687167
Holstein
50.4195, 45.698333
Dreispitz
50.366667, 45.66
Galka
50.376333, 45.798333
Franzosen
50.789167, 45.481667

Migrated From