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Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma

Includes the following communities
Alva, Woods Co., Oklahoma
History

The town of Alva was established in 1893 as a land rush office along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It was named for railroad attorney Alva Adams who had become the governor of Colorado.

Sources

Reichenberger, Donovan. "Alva," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (www.okhistory.org)

Resources

Alva Municipal Cemetery (FindAGrave)

External Links

Alva, Oklahoma (wikipedia)

The following Volga German families settled in and around Alva:
Abel
Brickmann
Brown
from
Herzog
Ebel
Eichman
Fehrer
from
Norka
Geiger
Gelroth
from
Merkel
Greb
from
Wiesenmüller
Hintergardt
from
Stephan
Jaekel
Jauk
Kelln
from
Holstein
Knoll
from
Herzog
Lehl
from
Norka
Lehr
from
Messer
Schimpf
Schwab
from
Dönhof
Shimp
Stecklein
from
Zug
Weigand
from
Messer
Windecker
from
Beideck
Yauk

Colonies

36.805031, -98.666474

Volga Colonies

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