Lucas Gonzélez was founded on 20 August 1888. The town is named in honor of Lucas González who served as Minister of Finance during the administrations of Bartolomé Mitre and Nicolás Avellaneda.
Many families from the Volga German communities in Entre Ríos moved to Lucas González over the years. Pastor Jakob Riffel, historian of the Volga Germans in Argentina, served the Lutheran parish here for many years.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Lucas González:
Fries from Hussenbach
Fuchs
Horst
Keiner from Kamenka
Schneider from Dönhof
Schönfeld from Marienfeld
Völcker from Oberdorf
Wagner from Hussenbach
- Lucas González (localidad) - wikipedia (in Spanish)
- Lucas González, pueblo de personajes (lacapital.com.ar) - in Spanish
Lutheran Church in Lucas González.
Source: Jakob Riffel Blogspot.