Barón was founded in the Quemú Quemú Departmento (District) of La Pampa Province on 21 March 1915, 80 kilometers from Santa Rosa. It was named after French farmer Wilfred Barón, father of writer and politician Raúl Barón Biza.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Barón:
Alles
Barth
Beck
Bohn
Breit
Diehl from Semenovka
Gette from Semenovka
Guinder / Günder from Dehler
Haag
Heidt / Hait from Semenovka
Herlein from Semenovka
Herr
Hollmann from Volmer
Holzmann from Preuss
Horn
Kloster
Kroneberger from Dehler
Kunz
Lick
Maier / Mayer
Martel from Dehler
Maurer from Brabander
Mildenberger
Müller
Naab from Kamenka
Naimann / Neimann
Obert
Reinhardt
Roppel
Roth from Kamenka
Ruhl
Schaab
Schäfer
Schiebelbein
Schönfeld from Brabander
Schwab from Semenovka
Schwerdt
Seewald from Kamenka
Siebenhaar from Kamenka
Simon from Kamenka
Stadler
Stark
Steinbach
Strömel from Kamenka
Suksdorf from Hildmann
Thome
Urban from Kamenka
Walter from Kamenka & Semenovka
Weisgerber
Wilberger from Semenovka
Zentner
- Elida Gette
- Obituaries published in Argentinisches Volksfreund
Colonia Barón (Wikipedia) - in Spanish