St. Peter, Graham Co., Kansas
St. Peter was founded in 1894 by Volga German families from Ellis Co., Kansas. It was orginally known as Hoganville, but its name was changed to St. Peter in honor of Peter Rome who donated the land on which St. Anthony's Catholic Church was built.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around St. Peter, Kansas:
Appelhans
Billinger
Bollig
Brungardt from Herzog
Dinkel
Dreiling from Herzog
Gassmann from Mariental
Gerstner
Graf from Louis
Herman
Ingenthron from Kamenka
Katzdorn / Katzendorn from Zug
Knoll from Herzog
Kuhn from Herzog
Lang from Kamenka
Meier (Meiar) from Herzog
Pfeifer from Herzog
Richmeier from Herzog
Riedel
Rohleder from Rohleder
Rohr
Rome from Herzog
Sauer from Zug
Schamberger from Rohleder
Scheck from Herzog
Schreiner from Herzog
Schreiner from Rohleder
Spies from Liebental
Toepfer from Fischer
Urban from Kamenka
Wasinger from Herzog
Weber
Wittman
Younger from Herzog
- St. Peter from The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas
- Saint Anthony Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. Peter from The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas