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Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming

Includes the following communities
Worland, Washakie Co., Wyoming
Manderson, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Ten Sleep, Washakie Co., Wyoming
History

The Volga German settlement in Worland began in 1915-1916 with the arrival of the sugarbeet industry.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Worland:

Adler from Kolb
Benner from Walter
Bohl from Huck
Busch from Dietel
Dellos from Laub
Doerr from Kind
Eckerdt from Huck
Fabrizius from Kratzke
Foos from Merkel
Geis
Grosch from Grimm
Hefenieder from Norka
Kechter from Kolb & Walter
Kukus from Kukkus
Leikam from Laub
Lofing from Norka
Lungren from Franzosen
Michel
Reiber from Kolb
Rommel from Hussenbach
Rosenthal from Kukkus
Ruby from Jost
Ruhl from Yagodnaya Polyana
Salzman frm Mariental
Scheuermann from Yagodnaya Polyana
Schleiger from Norka
Staley from Franzosen
Stencel from Hussenbach
Strausheim from Frank
Strohman from Dietel

Sources

- Settlements of Volga Germans in America (Webbitt)

44.016901, -107.955372

Volga Colonies

50.877, 45.227333
51.970333, 45.604
51.0315, 46.072667
51.152333, 44.804167
51.165, 45.313333
51.442, 46.739333
50.883333, 45.287167
51.090667, 45.950167
51.083333, 44.816667
50.789167, 45.481667
51.046333, 46.045167
50.886333, 45.489333
50.886667, 44.83
51.090667, 45.950167
50.898333, 45.17
51.8035, 46.983667
51.067667, 44.958333
51.072833, 45.383833