Eaton, Weld Co., Colorado
The town of Eaton is named after Benjamin Harrison Eaton, a pioneer in irrigation that increased agricultural production in the area. With the development of the sugar beet industry in Weld County, many Volga German families moved to the area from Kansas and Nebraska.
Christ Lutheran Church
The following Volga German families settled in and around Eaton, Colorado:
Achziger from Kolb
Asmus from Oberdorf
Bauer from Frank
Bender from Hussenbach
Bender from Kratzke
Buxman from Wiesenmüller
Case from Göbel
Dietz from Kratzke
Dorn from Walter
Eckhardt from Frank
Erbes from Dönhof
Fabrizius from Kratzke
Feit from Erlenbach
Felte from Grimm
Foose from Frank
Fritzler from Grimm
Gantz from Müller
Giesick from Walter
Heberlein from Walter
Hergenreter from Sewald
Hettinger from Dietel
Kling from Oberdorf
Konrade from Pfeifer
Laber from Susannental
Lapp from Frank
Laubhan from Shcherbakovka
Lindt from Dönhof
Loeffler from Grimm
Nazarenus
Needens from Gnadentau
Ostermiller from Beideck
Pappenheim from Dönhof
Reinick from Frank
Riffel from Kana
Rutt from Kolb
Schmunk from Rosenberg
Schott from Grimm
Seilbach from Hussenbach
Stroman from Dietel
Weidenkeller from Norka
Weigand from Messer
- Eaton, Colorado (city website)
- Eaton, Colorado (Wikipedia)