Mitchell, Scotts Bluff Co., Nebraska
Following the development of the sugar beet industry in the area, Volga Germans settled in Mitchell.
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
St. Pauls United Church of Christ (founded in 1920)
The following Volga German families settled in and around Mitchell, Nebraska:
Barthuly from Balzer
Baum from Kukkus
Baumgartner from Anton
Deines from Kratzke
Ditter from Frank
Fegler from Neu-Norka
Graf from Schilling
Grauberger from Dietel
Groskopf from Frank
Heilbrun from Dietel
Heimbegner from Frank
Hettinger from Dietel
Hiegel from Norka
Kahler from Beideck
Klein from Kautz
Lackman from Dietel
Lapp from Frank
Margheim from Merkel
Maul from Norka
Maul from Schilling
Nuss from Neu-Müller
Rahmig from Rosenberg
Reifschneider from Saalfeld (Rostov)
Ring from Dietel
Robertus from Balzer
Sauer from Norka
Schlager from Merkel
Schledewitz from Jost
Schmer from Norka
Schott from Dietel
Schwindt from Norka
Stoll from Dönhof
Strauch from Beideck
Weisgerber from Huck
Weitzel from Frank
Welsch from Nieder-Monjou
Wiegel from Schwed
Yeager from Norka
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 52.
- Mitchell Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- Mitchell Valley Cemetery (findagrave.com)
Mitchell, Nebraska (Wikipedia)
Pre-Volga Origin
Sugar beet Factory near Mitchell, Nebraska.
Source: Wikipedia Commons.