Sugar City, Crowley Co., Colorado | Volga German Institute

Names:

Sugar City, Crowley Co., Colorado

History:

By the early 1900s Volga Germans from the Russian colonies Frank, Dietel, Merkel, Norka, Rosenberg, and Oberdorf settled in Sugar City.

Volga German Congregations:

Grace Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Surnames:

Vol(l)e(r)t / Wol(l)e(r)t

Herman(n) (Laub)

Grasmück (Balzer & Lauwe)

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Sugar City:

Deines from Kratzke
Eichman
Els
Erdtmann
Gehringer
Gelmann
Gerloch
Glanz
Grasmick
Heidt
Herber
Herrmann
Hoffmann
Jäkel
Kammerzell from Frank
Keller
Kindsvater
Koch
Lehmann
Lofling
Lorenz
Manweiler
Markus
Meisner
Merkel
Miller
Reichel
Rein
Reiswig
Roth
Rothermel
Scharton
Schimpf
Schmidt
Schott
Siegfried
Strackbein
Tempel
Vogel
Voigt
Wagner
Weber
Whittmann
Wolf

Volga Colonies:

Sources:

- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)

Resources:

Crowley County Censuses (1900, 1910, 1920)

External Links:

Sugar City, Colorado (Wikipedia)

Pre-Volga Origin

Grace Lutheran Church in Sugar City, Colorado.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Sugar City, Colorado.

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