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Lehigh, Marion Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Lehigh, Marion Co., Kansas
Canton, McPherson Co., Kansas
History

The town of Lehigh was established in 1877 when the Santa Fe Railroad was laid through Marion County. It had a weekly newspaper, the Marion County Record, publishing as early as 1881. The land on which the town was plotted was originally owned by Lee Hays, and according to one account, the town was named after him.

Many Volga German families settled in and around Lehigh, Kansas, arriving during the first years of the Volga German migration (1870s).

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Lehigh, Kansas:

Arnholz
Bartel
Becker
Bender from Holstein
Bernhardt from Frank
Blehm from Straßburg
Busch from Holstein
Dietz from Kratzke
Ebel
Eichman
Feil from Dreispitz
Fisher from Bauer
Haas
Haffner from Shcherbakovka
Heinze
Herbel from Dreispitz
Herber from Schwab
Hill from Langenfeld
Hintergardt from Stephan
Kammerzell from Frank
Kelln from Holstein
Kraus from Schilling
Krieger
Luft from Gnadenflur
Mai/May
Meier from Dreispitz
Michel from Ährenfeld
Mohr from Beideck
Niedens
Nuss
Oblander
Riffel from Shcherbakovka
Rohleder from Rohleder
Schonhals from Stephan
Schriock
Schroeder
Schultz from Dobrinka
Schwabauer from Huck
Spomer from Beideck
Stabel from Stephan
Steinert
Steinle
Sterkel
Stroh
Unrein from Ober-Monjou
Wassemiller
Weimer from Kraft
Weiss from Shcherbakovka
Winter from Shcherbakovka
Wittmann from Eckheim
Wittmann from Grimm
Wolf from Grimm
Yauck from Kraft

Sources

- Declaration of Intentions filed in Marion Co., Kansas (Janet Flickenger)
- Weinbrenner, Loren. The Story of Lehigh. North Newton, KS: Bethel College, 1961.

Resources

Main Street in Lehigh, Kansas (1908).

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Volga Colonies

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Migrated From

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