Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois
Volga Germans settled originally in following twelve communities in the Chicago Metropolitan Area:
- Bellwood-Maywood
- Dolton
- Dunning
- Humboldt Park
- Jefferson Park-Mayfair
- Lake View
- Lansing
- Melrose Park
- Riverdale
- Roosevelt & Crawford
- Rothammel
- Thornton
Over the years, Volga German families have settled throughout the entire Chicago area.
The following Volga German families have settled in the greater Chicago area (outside the original 12 neighborhoods):
Albrandt from Grimm
Allendorf from Pfeifer
Al(l)way from Göbel
Arnhold from Beauregard
Artzer from Sewald
Aul from Krasnoyar
Bahl form Kamenka
Baskall from Rothammel
Bathauer from Göbel
Beisel from Dreispitz
Bellinder from Köhler
Bissing from Katharinenstadt
Bittel from Wittmann
Bollig from Graf
Brecht from Schöntal
Breit from Pfeifer
Brungardt from Herzog
Chrispens from Dobrinka
Conradi from Messer
Dahmer from Beideck
Deckert from Enders
Dietzel from Rosenheim
Dinges from Kukkus
Dinkel from Herzog
Dreher from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling from Herzog
Eichorn from Unterdorf
Erdman from Grimm
Felsinger from Krasnoyar
Gasner from Brabander
Giebelhaus from Norka
Giebler from Ober-Monjou
G(o)etz from Herzog
Grenz from Franzosen
Groh from Grimm
Grosch from Grimm
Haberkorn from Mariental
Herl from Wittmann
Herzog from Konstantinovka
Hochnadel from Schuck
Hopp from Frank
Jacobs from Streckerau
Kerbel from Grimm
Kern from Josefstal
Kloberdanz from Rothammel
Kloster from Semenovka
Klug from Köhler
Knoll from Herzog
Kuhn from Herzog
Lang from Kamenka
Laubach from Messer
Laubhan from Shcherbakovka
Lauer from Rothammel
Lechman from Rothammel
Legler from Grimm
Letterer from Katharinenstadt
Linenberger from Herzog
Loos from Norka
Macht from Köhler
Matza from Rothammel
Meis from Katharinenstadt
Meisterling from Messer
Menzer from Grimm
Mildenberger from Köhler
Pfanenstiel from Ober-Monjou
Pfeifer from Schwed
Quint from Louis
Randa from Liebental
Reitz from Kukkus
Rieb from Nieder-Monjou
Rohleder from Rohleder
Rome from Herzog
Runk from Susannental
Sander / Sanders from Herzog
Schaefer from Nieder-Monjou
Schibbelhut from Rosenberg
Schmidtlein from Köhler
Schoenfeld from Husaren
Schwartz from Norka
Schwerdt from Kamenka
Staab from Katharinenstadt
Stadler from Kamenka
Stang from Volmer
Sterkel from Norka
Suppes from Pfeifer
Tittel from Dietel
Unrein from Ober-Monjou
Urban from Kamenka
Volz from Balzer
VonFeldt from Herzog
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Weigel from Herzog
Weisbecker from Katharinenstadt
Wiesner from Kamenka
Wittman from Eckheim
Worster from Schilling
Yost from Norka
Ziegler from Köhler
Zimmerman from Schönchen
Zink from Marienfeld
- Chicago (Wikipedia)
Pre-Volga Origin
Ethnic Map of Chicago by Neighborhood (1950)
Source: Daniel Pogorzelski.
Volga German Band in Chicago (1930s).
Source: George Valko.