Colonia La Esperanza was founded in 1900 by Otto Rakow who came from La Esperanza in Santa Fe Province and was the first agricultural colony founded in Argentina. In 1888, several Volga German families settled south of La Esperanza and north of La Llave. They had arrived 10 years earlier in Brazil. Many were related to each other.
The following Volga German couples lived in Colonia La Esperanza:
Laguna Larga was officially founded in 1869, but there are references to hit from earlier years.
The village of Kranewitter was probably founded between 1910 and 1915. It was not really a village, but a collection of 6-7 houses. This configuration had been the original intent of administrator Navarro when he founded the villages in Colonia Alvear with a grouping of houses at the corners of the fields, but this plan was not carried out elsewhere.
The first settlers who lived in Kranewitter were:
Agustín Kranewitter
Alfonso Kranewitter
Domingo (Minga) Kessler
Pedro Krapp
Juan Kranewitter
José Wendler
Aldea Jacobi was never really a town. Rather, it is the name of the Protestant cemetery for the town of Crespo. The Aldea Jacobi Cemetery is located a couple of kilometers south of the town of Crespo itself.
The cemetery of Aldea Jacobi was founded by Protestant families who had settled in Aldea Protestante in 1878 and moved to Crespo in 1891. They needed a place for burials. There was already a Catholic cemetery in Crespo, but not one for Protestants.
The village of Irazusta was named after one of its first settlers, Juan José Irazusta. The railroad came through the area in 1909, but it was not until 18 October 1911 that a station was opened in Irazusta, at that time called Villa Eleonora.
Many Volga German families settled here.
Gualeguaychú is located in southeastern Entre Ríos Province, approximately 230 km northwest of Buenos Aires.
Many Volga German families settled in Gualeguaychú, moving there from other areas of Entre Ríos Province.
Grapschental was founded in 12 June 1886.
The village of Gilbert was founded in 1890. The town was named after the railroad station around which it was built. Gilbert was part of the Jewish settlement of Lucienville, which also included nearby Basavilbaso to the north.
The Central Railway came through this area, and a station was opened there on 16 May 1887. It was called Station Ramírez in honor of the family upon whose land the station was constructed.
On 17 March 1888, the plat for Colonia del Pueblo General Ramírez was laid out.
The town of General Galarza was founded on 5 October 1912. It was named after army soldier of Francisco Ramirez and J.J. de Urquiza.
Several Volga German families later settled in General Galarza.