Includes the following communities
Gorham, Russell Co., Kansas
History
German settlers from Philadelphia and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, established a community on the Kansas Pacific Railway at the future site of Gorham in April 1872. Elijah Dodge Gorham, a settler from Illinois, gave the town its name when he platted it in 1879.
Volga German Congregations
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Resources
St. Mary 's Cemetery (findagrave)
External Links
Gorham (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Gorham:
38.866667, -99.016667
Volga Colonies
Migrated From
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