The village of Ballantine was laid out in 1907 as part of the Huntley Project. Many Volga German families settled in and around Ballantine.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Ballantine:
Balzer from Wiesenmüller
Batt from Dietel
Baum from Kukkus
Becker
Foos
Fox from Kautz
Gabel
Giesick
Hill from Walter
Hofferber from Frank
Johannes
Karst
Kaufman from Frank
Kembel
Knaub from Kautz
Lackman from Dietel
Michaelis / Michalies from Kratzke
Miller from Dietel
Mohr from Beideck
Oblander / Oblender from Shcherbakovka
Propp from Hussenbach
Reiter from Kautz
Schield from Dietel
Schleining from Norka
Staley from Kautz
Vogel
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 51.
- Pleasantview Cemetery (findagrave)
Ballantine, Montana (Wikipedia)