Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Volga German immigrants from Norka settled in and around Mason City where many found work in the sugar beet fields and packing plants.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in Mason City:
Basgall
Beisel
Bellender from Köhler
Bernhardt
Blehm from Kratzke
Borger
Dieterle
Els / Ils
Felde
Frank from Rothammel
Groh from Grimm
Hanschu
Hartmann
Hauff from Merkel
Heimbuch from Grimm
Kerbs
Kloberdanz
Lauer
Lechman from Rothammel
Legler from Grimm
Lichman from Rothammel
Lofing from Norka
Marten
Maurer from Rothammel
Nagel
Pauli
Riffel
Romig from Rosenberg
Rothammel
Schechtel from Schuck
Schneider
Schultz from Dobrinka
Schwab from Sewald
Speaker
Stremel from Kamenka
VonFeldt from Herzog
Weiss from Preuss
Weitzel
Wolf
Zeller
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
- USA Settlement List (Patricia Miller)
Mason City, Iowa (Wikipedia)