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):
Allendorf from Pfeifer
Arnhold from Beauregard
Aul from Krasnoyar
Baskall from Rothammel
Beisel from Dreispitz
Bellinder from Köhler
Bissing from Katharinenstadt
Bittel from Wittmann
Bollig from Graf
Breit from Pfeifer
Brungardt from Herzog
Conradi from Messer
Dietzel from Rosenheim
Dinges from Kukkus
Dreher from Neu-Ober-Monjou
Dreiling from Herzog
Gasner from Brabander
Giebelhaus from Norka
Giebler from Ober-Monjou
G(o)etz from Herzog
Groh from Grimm
Haberkorn from Mariental
Herl from Wittmann
Hochnadel from Schuck
Hopp from Frank
Jacobs from Streckerau
Kern from Josefstal
Kloster from Semenovka
Klug from Köhler
Knoll from Herzog
Kuhn from Herzog
Lang from Kamenka
Laubach from Messer
Laubhan from Shcherbakovka
Letterer from Katharinenstadt
Linenberger from Herzog
Macht from Köhler
Meis from Katharinenstadt
Meisterling from Messer
Mildenberger from Köhler
Pfanenstiel from Ober-Monjou
Quint from Louis
Randa from Liebental
Reitz from Kukkus
Rome from Herzog
Runk from Susannental
Sander / Sanders from Herzog
Schibbelhut from Rosenberg
Schoenfeld from Husaren
Schwartz from Norka
Schwerdt from Kamenka
Staab from Katharinenstadt
Sterkel from Norka
Suppes from Pfeifer
Tittel from Dietel
Urban from Kamenka
Volz from Balzer
Waldschmidt from Ober-Monjou
Walters from Katharinenstadt
Weigel from Herzog
Weisbecker from Katharinenstadt
Wiesner from Kamenka
Wittman from Eckheim
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.