Volga Germans who originally settled in Lehigh, Kansas, began arriving in Ellis Co., Oklahoma, in 1900, settling in and around Shattuck. This settlement proved to be the state's most cohesive and long-lasting.
Christ Lutheran Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Seventh Day Adventist Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church
The following Volga German families settled in and around Shattuck:
Appel from Yagodnaya Polyana
Armbruster
Batt from Frank
Becker
Bender from Holstein
Blehm
Borth
Busch
Diel / Deal from Dreispitz
Ehrlich from Shcherbakovka
Feil / Fiel
Fritzler
Gantz
Grasmick
Haffner
Hanshu from Shcherbakovka
Heffle
Helzer
Herber from Holstein
Hohweiler
Jergenson from Galka
Kelln from Holstein
Kerbs
Klein
Koch
Kraft from Dobrinka & Shcherbakovka
Langhofer from Dreispitz
Laubhan
Link
Longhofer
Meier
Melzer from Holstein
Oblander
Peil from Holstein
Peil from Rudik Khutor
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Renner
Rexius
Riffel from Galka
Ruf
Schick from Galka
Schlotthauer from Dobrinka
Schoenhals
Schultz
Schwab from Galka
Sell
Shibelhute / Schibbelhut from Rosenberg
Siebenlist from Dobrinka
Spomer
Stabel from Stephan
Steinert
Steinle
Steinmetz from Dietel
Treiber
Wassenmiller from Shcherbakovka
Winter / Winters
Wunsch from Galka
Youck from Holstein
- Egan, Timothy. The Worst Hard Time (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006)
- "Germans from Russia." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture (online)
- "Shattuck." Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture (online)
Christ Lutheran Cemetery (FindAGrave)
Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery (FindAGrave)
Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery (FindAGrave)
Shattuck Memorial Cemetery
Shattuck, Oklahoma (wikipedia)