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Thornton is a southern suburb of the Chicago Metro area. Volga German families settled in the Thornton neighborhood.

Volga Germans from Kukkus settled in Rockford. They were joined by other families that settled in and around Rockford.

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the Riverdale area of Chicago in 1902 to work in the sugar beet fields in the area. They came from Bangert and Stahl am Tarlyk.

As industry began to develop, the agricultural enterprises were abandoned, and the Volga German immigrants who remained went to work in local plants and factories.

The Chicago suburb of Melrose Park was founded in 1882. Many Volga German families settled in and around Melrose Park.

Volga Germans are known to have settled in the Lansing, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago.

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the Jefferson Park area of northwest Chicago in 1894. They came from Stahl am Karaman. Beginning in 1903, other groups followed from Schwed, Enders, and Rosenheim. Mayfair, the unofficial neighborhood which overlaps from Jefferson Park into the neighborhood of Albany Park to the east, was also settled by Volga Germans.

The park was named for Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and geographer.

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago in 1888. They came from Balzer and Grimm.

The neighborhood of Dunning is located in the northwest part of Chicago. Volga German immigrants first arrived in the Dunning area of Chicago in 1891. They came from Enders.

The village of Dolton was legally incorporated on 30 December 1892.

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the Dolton area of Chicago in 1902. They came from Bangert, Stahl am Karaman, and Stahl am Tarlyk.

Volga German immigrants first arrived in the two adjoining Chicago neighborhoods of Bellwood and Maywood in 1891. They came from Balzer, Enders, Kukkus, Paulskaya, and Stahl am Karaman.

The Village of Bellwood was officially incorporated on 21 May 1900.