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Ogallah, Trego Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Ogallah, Trego Co., Kansas
History

Ogallah was platted in 1878 in what was then Ellis County. The plat was filed in Hays on 18 April 1879. Trego County was established the following June. Many of the first families to settle in Ogallah came from Illinois.

Volga German families settled in and around Ogallah.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Ogallah, Kansas:

DeWald from Hussenbach
Fabricius / Fabrizius from Kratzke
Hammerschmidt from Herzog
Herl from Wittmann
Schreiner from Herzog
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Windholz

Sources

Trego County Kansas : Ogallah, KS (GenWeb)

38.989642, -99.732796

Volga Colonies

50.877, 45.227333
51.890064, 47.156874
51.736667, 46.8445
51.494167, 46.710333
50.886667, 44.83