Young County, Texas
Volga German families settled in Young County, Texas.
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Alamogordo, Otero Co., New Mexico
Volga German families settled in and around Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Gundhelm, Kr. Main-Kinzig, Hessen
Since 1969, Gundhelm has been administratively a part of the municipality of Schlüchtern.
Waiß (Anton)*
Anna Elisabeth Waiß, daughter of Johannes Waiß, had an illegitimate daughter Anna Catharina Waiß who was born 25 August 1757 and baptized 27 August 1757 in Gundhelm.
Anna Elisabeth Waiß married on 17 March 1763 in Gundhelm to widower Johann Conrad Storck.
Konrad Storck, a farmer, his wife Anna, and children (Johann, age 23; Johannes, age 16¼; Anna [Waiß], age 8; Eva, age 3) arrived from Lübeck at the port of Oranienbaum on 14 September 1766 aboard the galliot named Catharina Eleonora under the command of Skipper Peter Rehder.
Lampasas County, Texas
Volga German families settled in Lampasas County, Texas.
Bethune, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Bethune, Saskatchewan.
Pospelikha, Pospelikhinsky District, Altai Krai (Siberia)
Volga German families settled in Pospelikha following the 1941 Deportation.
Nikolayevsk, Nikolayevsky District, Volgograd Oblast
Khutor (farmstead) Dmitriyev was founded in 1747, across the Volga River from Kamyshin. It was renamed to Nikolayevskaya Sloboda in 1794, but was most often called Nikolayevsk. When it received town status in 1967, the name officially became Nikolayevsk.
Volga German families settled in the Russian village of Nikolayevsk.
Mynbulak, Baydibek District, Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan
Volga German families were settled in the village of Mynbulak, Kazakhstan.
Biebertal, Kr. Gießen, Hessen (Post-1941)
Volga German families settled in Biebertal following the 1990 collapse of the Soviet Union.