Longmont, Boulder / Larimer Co., Colorado
Longmont's Volga German community has historical ties to the development of the sugarbeet industry of Northern Colorado. One of the state's first sugar beet factories was built there in 1903.
La Junta, Otero Co., Colorado
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Galka, Kukkus, Marienfeld, and Rothammel settled in La Junta.
Lamar, Prowers Co., Colorado
Lamar was founded in Prowers County, along the Arkansas River. Many Volga German families settled in Lamar.
Kirk, Yuma Co., Colorado
Several Volga German families settled in and around Kirk.
Keenesburg, Weld Co., Colorado
Several Volga German families settled in and around Keenesburg, Colorado.
Julesburg, Sedgwick Co., Colorado
A trading post was founded on the north bank of the South Platte River. The original trading post was named for Jules Beni, from which Julesburg draws its name.
Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado
Those Volga Germans who settled in Greeley came from Frank, Hussenbach, Merkel, Messer, Oberdorf, Pobochnaya, and Schönfeld. Through the years, Volga German immigrants from many other colonies also settled in Greeley and the surrounding area. They settled in “Little Russia” on the east side of town, between the railroad tracks and the sugar factory.
Many Volga German families were employed in the sugar beet industry. As of 1910, there were 3,699 Germans from Russia laboring in the beet fields of Weld County.
Fruita, Mesa Co., Colorado
Many Volga German families settled in and near Fruita.
Bernie Waldschmidt served as mayor of Fruita from 1992-1994.
Fort Morgan, Morgan Co., Colorado
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies of Anton, Dobrinka, Frank, Kautz, Kraft, and Yagodnaya Polyana had settled in and around Fort Morgan.
The sugar beet industry was a large drawing force to their location on the plains of eastern Colorado.
Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Frank, Dietel, Dreispitz, Erlenbach, Kautz, Merkel, Oberdorf, Pobochnaya, Rosenberg, Shcherbakovka, and Walter settled in Fort Collins.
With the constrution of a sugar refinery in 1903, Fort Collins became another Northern Colorado link between the sugarbeet industry and Volga Germans. The Fort Collins Colorado Sugar Company brought forty-eight Volga German families to Fort Collins in April 1903.