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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.

Congregations
Emanuel Lutheran Church - Ogallah
Sources

Trego County Kansas : Ogallah, KS (GenWeb)

External Links

Ogallah, Kansas (Wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Ogallah, Kansas:
DeWald
from
Hussenbach
Fabricius
from
Kratzke
Fabrizius
from
Kratzke
Hammerschmidt
from
Herzog
Herl
from
Wittmann
Schreiner
from
Herzog
Waldschmidt
from
Ober-Monjou
Windholz
from
Herzog

Colonies

38.989642, -99.732796

Volga Colonies

Migrated From