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San Pedro was founded in the Saavedra Partido (Section) of Buenos Aires Province.

Volga German families settled in Colonia San Pedro.

San Miguel Arcángel was founded by 15 Volga German families in the Adolfo Alsina Partido of Buenos Aires Province on 29 September 1903. The neighboring area of Esteban Agustín Gascón was officially founded when the railroad station was established there on 15 April 1907 and the families living in the surrounding rural areas there often combined the two names into San Miguel de Gazcón. Volga German families continued to move into the area from other locations in Argentina.

San Miguel Arcángel was founded the following and their families:

The 15 families who founded San Miguel came from the Volga German colony of Dehler on the Wiesenseite. They arrived in Argentina aboard the SS Hohenstadt in February 1878 and settled first in Colonia Hinojo. Also aboard this ship were those who eventually established the colony of Nievas. After 3 years, these families acquired property from Peter (Pedro) Kessler in a place called San Jacinto.

San Martín was founded in the Saavedra Partido of Buenos Aires Province. The majority of its inhabitants today are descendants of Volga German immigrants.

San José was founded on 13 April 1887 and is known today as "Pueblo San José" and is located in the Coronel Suárez Partido (Department) of Buenos Aires Province. This colony was originally named Dehler by the first Volga German settlers in reference to the colony from which they had immigrated. Other settlers also came from Volmer.

San José was founded by the following 15 men and their families:

A group of 55 Volga German families from the colonies of Kamenka, Volmer, Schuck, and Hildmann arrived in the port of Buenos Aires on 24 September 1885. They went first to the colony of Hinojo where many of them had relatives.

In 1895, a group of Volga German colonists bought 3,000 hectares in the Puán Partido (Section) of Buenos Aires Province, and in 1902, the colony was Santa Rosa was officially founded. According to the municipal record of deeds, the first land owners were:

Joseph (José) Gottau
Lorenz (Lorenzo) Sieben
Georg (Jorge) Meier
Martin (Martín) Sieben
Andreas (Andrés) Bender
Joseph (José) Distel
Joseph (José) Walter (son)
Katharina Barbara (Catalina Bárbara) Giperdinger
Roppel      

Colonia 3, or the Third Colony (Tercera), was founded in the Coronel Suárez Partido (Section) in Buenos Aires Province on 11 May 1887 and is known today as Pueblo Santa María. It was originally named Kamenka by the first settlers, many of whom originated from that colony in Russia.

Santa María was founded by 24 men and their families:

Rivera was founded in the late 1800s by Jewish immigrants from Russia and Poland. Volga Germans began settling there after 1900, relocating from other areas of Argentina.

The twenty families who established the colony of Nievas came from the Volga German colony of Hölzel. They arrived in Argentina in February 1878 aboard the SS Hohenstadt along with those who later founded the colony of San Miguel. After spending 7 years in Colonia Hinojo, they purchased land from Johann (Juan) Rickert and founded the colony of Nievas in 1885 in the Olavarría Partido (Section) of Buenos Aires Province. Originally built at the top of the hill, the colonists moved the settlement to the banks of the Arroyo Nievas, after which the colony had been named.