St. Peter, Graham Co., Kansas
St. Peter was founded in 1894 by Volga German families from Ellis Co., Kansas. It was orginally known as Hoganville, but its name was changed to St. Peter in honor of Peter Rome who donated the land on which St. Anthony's Catholic Church was built.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around St. Peter:
Appelhans
Billinger
Bollig
Brungardt
Dinkel
Dreiling
Gassmann from Mariental
Gerstner
Herman
Ingenthron
Katzendorn
Knoll from Herzog
Kuhn
Lang
Meier (Meiar) from Herzog
Pfeifer
Richmeier
Riedel
Rohleder
Rohr
Rome
Schamberger
Scheck from Herzog
Schreiner from Rohleder
Spies
Wasinger
Weber
Wittman
Younger
- St. Peter from The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas
- Saint Anthony Cemetery (findagrave.com)
- St. Peter from The Golden Jubilee of German-Russian Settlements of Ellis and Rush Counties, Kansas