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Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa

Includes the following communities
Fertile, Worth Co., Iowa
Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Nora Springs, Floyd Co., Iowa
History

Volga German immigrants from Norka settled in and around Mason City where many found work in the sugar beet fields and packing plants.

Sources

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

Resources

1920 Federal Census of Cerro Gordo County

External Links

Mason City, Iowa (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in Mason City:
Agner
from
Beideck
Basgall
Beisel
Bellender
from
Köhler
Bernhardt
Blehm
from
Kratzke
Borger
Dieterle
from
Straßburg
Els
Felde
Frank
from
Rothammel
Groh
from
Grimm
Hanschu
Hartmann
Hauff
from
Merkel
Heimbuch
from
Grimm
Ills
Kerbs
Kloberdanz
Lauer
Lechman
from
Rothammel
Legler
from
Grimm
Lichman
from
Rothammel
Lofing
from
Norka
Marten
Maurer
from
Rothammel
Nagel
Pauli
from
Norka
Riffel
Romig
from
Rosenberg
Rothammel
Schechtel
from
Schuck
Schneider
Schultz
from
Dobrinka
Schwab
from
Sewald
Speaker
Stremel
from
Kamenka
VonFeldt
from
Herzog
Weiss
from
Preuss
Weitzel
from
Norka
Weitzel
from
Norka
Wolf
Zeller

Colonies

43.133333, -93.2

Volga Colonies

Migrated From