Includes the following communities
Denhoff, Sheridan Co., North Dakota
History
Denhoff is located along the Northern Pacific Rail Road where a station was located in 1901. The postoffice there was established 21 December 1901, and John Steinbrecker served as the first postmaster. The town was named after his Volga German hometown of Dönhof.
Denhoff was settled by Volga German immigrants from Dönhof and Neu-Dönhof.
Sources
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links
Denhoff, North Dakota (Wikipedia)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Denhoff:
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Migrated From
48.750429, 8.812453
49.874969, 8.826425
50.485017, 9.348837