Kimama was a very small community located about 15 miles north of Paul, Idaho. Volga Germans settled in this area, taking advantage of the last remaining tracts available through the Homestead Act. Black Sea Germans also settled in this area.
Farming in this area was very difficult because of the poor soil conditions. Many homesteads were abandoned until irrigation canals from the Snake River brought water to the area.
Volga Germans seeking work in the sugar beet industry settled the Jerome area.
Volga Germans seeking work in the sugar beet industry settled the Idaho Falls area.
Volga Germans seeking work in the sugarbeet industry settled the Heyburn area.
Volga Germans seeking work in the sugarbeet industry settled the Burley area.
Volga Germans seeking work in the sugarbeet industry settled the American Falls area.
In 1904, a large group of Volga Germans from Dönhof settled in Windsor. By the 1930s Windsor had become a large Volga German settlement with over 900 families.
Most of the original Volga German families who moved to the Windsor area held jobs affiliated with the sugar beet industry.
By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Frank, Dietel, Merkel, Norka, Rosenberg, and Oberdorf settled in Sugar City.
Sterling was founded in 1873, but it was not until the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1887 that the community began to grow. The construction of a Great Western Sugar Refinery in 1905 brought many Volga German immigrants to Sterling.
Many of the Catholic Volga Germans came from Pfeifer to settle in Sterling. In addition Volga Germans from Dietel, Grimm, Holstein, Nieder-Monjou, Rothammel, Schilling, Sewald, and Unterdorf settled in the area.
Founded in the late 19th century as an agricultural community, Severance remained primarily a small rural farming community based on the raising of cattle, sugar beets, potatoes, and onions. Growth began in the 1990s with construction of new residential subdivisions in the nearby rural areas of Weld County.
Volga Germans began settling in the area along with the development of the sugar beet industry.