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Portland Metropolitan Area, Oregon

Many Volga German families settled in Portland during the early years of the city's existence, and additional families have continued to move into the area. From the original Volga German neighborhood (Albina) northeast of the downtown core, the descendants of these families are located throughout the metropolitan area which includes Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties.

Blooming (Cornelius), Washington Co., Oregon

The first Volga Germans, about seventeen families, arrived in Portland in 1881 after spending several years in Rush and Barton Counties in Kansas between 1875 and 1878. Most were from the colonies of Neu-Yagodnaya-Polyana, Schöntal, and Schönfeld, which were daughter colonies of Yagodnaya-Polyana and neighboring Pobochnaya. The group obtained special emigrant fares through the Union Pacific Railroad and Oregon Steam Navigation Company to travel to Portland where they had heard good farmland was available.

Woodward, Woodward Co., Oklahoma

The town of Woodward was established at the time of the Cherokee Strip Land Rush in 1893. Today it is the largest town and commercial area in the northwest Oklahoma region.

A tornado hit Woodward on the evening of 9 April 1947, destroying more than 1,000 homes and businesses and killing at least 107 people in and around Woodward. Another tornado struck 14 April 1912.

Volga German families were part of the 1893 Land Rush and obtained land in Woodward County.