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Lovell, Big Horn Co., Wyoming

Includes the following communities
Lovell, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
Cowley, Big Horn Co., Wyoming
History

As early as 1909, there were immigrants from Susannental settling in Lovell, Wyoming. The largest group of Volga Germans settled there in 1915-1916 with the arrival of the sugarbeet industry.

Volga German Congregations

St. John Lutheran Church

Volga German Families

The following families are known to have settled in and around Lovell, Wyoming:

Bohl from Huck
Bollig from Graf
Doerr from Kind
Fink from Meinhard
Hefenieder from Norka
Keil from Anton
Langolf from Kind
Lungren from Franzosen
Miller from Kind
Wagner from Susannental
Winterholler from Meinhard

Sources

- Settlements of Volga Germans in America (Webbitt)

Great Western sugar processing facility in Lovell, Wyoming (1930).
Source: Wyoming Tails & Trails.

44.837453, -108.389561

Volga Colonies

51.8175, 47.0101
51.808889, 46.990278
51.165, 45.313333
51.4845, 46.664833
51.072833, 45.383833
50.789167, 45.481667
51.8035, 46.983667
51.0375, 45.8575