Jerome, Jerome Co., Idaho

Includes the following communities:

History:

Volga Germans seeking work in the sugar beet industry settled the Jerome area.

Surnames:

Volga German Families:

The following Volga German families settled in and around Jerome, Idaho:

Goetz from Herzog
Kolb from Laub
Ostermiller from Beideck
Worster from Schilling

Volga Colonies:

Sources:

- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.

Resources:

- Jerome Cemetery (FindAGrave.com)

External Links:

Latitude: 50.241111

Longitude: 11.328056

Latitude: 49.623056

Longitude: 10.668610

Latitude: 49.193027

Longitude: 8.933828