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Milberger, Russell Co., Kansas

Includes the following communities
Milberger, Russell Co., Kansas
History

Milberger is an unincorporated community located in southwest Russell County, Kansas. The community was almost entirely Volga German.

Volga German Families

The following Volga German families settled in and around Milberger:

Becker from Shcherbakovka
Bender from Kratzke
Berschauer from Kratzke
Bitter from Lauwe
Blehm from Kratzke
Boger from Riebensdorf
Boxberger from Kratzke
Daubert from Pobochnaya
Deines from Kratzke
Dietz from Kratzke
DeWald from Hussenbach
Dumler from Blumenfeld
Elsasser from Eckheim
Ernst from Moor
Funk from Hussenbach
Galliart from Dreispitz
Heinitz from Eckheim
Heinze from Dreispitz
Herman from Hussenbach
Howeiler from Gnadentau
Karst from Eckheim
Keil from Eckheim
Kindsvater from Dietel
Kramer from Schäfer
Krug from Kratzke
Lohman(n) from Eckheim
Lust from Yagodnaya Polyana
Mai from Ährenfeld & Kratzke
Maier from Kratzke
Margheim from Merkel
Michaelis from Kratzke
Michel from Ährenfeld
Milberger from Eckheim
Niedens from Wiesenmüller
Noll from Eckheim
Nuss from Eckheim
Popp
Reisig from Shcherbakovka
Scheuerman from Yagodnaya Polyana
Schield from Dietel
Schneider
Steinert from Eckheim
Stettinger from Bauer
Strecker from Grimm
Stricker from Shcherbakovka
Tittel from Dietel
Wegele from Neu-Laub
Zubick from Neu-Laub

Resources

- Milberger Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Parish Record Extractions, 1883-1969 - print resource by Janet Laubhan Flickinger
- Winterset Cemetery (findagrave.com)

Russell County, Kansas (Township 15-South / Range 14-West).
Milberger is located toward the lower left corner of this map
(intersection of Sections 29, 30, 31, 32).
Almost every land owner noted on this map is Volga German.

38.71194, -98.91194

Volga Colonies

51.475344, 47.872625
50.877, 45.227333
51.970333, 45.604
51.530196, 46.614074
50.883333, 45.287167
51.057833, 46.0205
50.489167, 45.687167
51.9125, 45.617333
50.898333, 45.17
50.366667, 45.66
50.886333, 45.489333
50.886667, 44.83
50.92, 45.398333
50.636167, 46.4745
50.969667, 45.698333
51.2, 46.65
50.726833, 47.050167
50.504833, 46.518833
50.783333, 46.898167

Migrated From

51.033333, 13.733333
51.181389, 14.424167
52.516667, 13.388889
50.187222, 9.156111
50.417664, 9.098934
50.412745, 9.007876
49.773097, 8.880708