Batesland, Shannon Co., South Dakota
Includes the following communities:
Batesland, Shannon Co., South Dakota
History:
Batesland was settled in 1923 by Volga Germans moving there from the Scottsbluff area in Nebraska.
Surnames:
Volga German Families:
The following Volga German families settled in and around Batesland, South Dakota:
Baumgartner from Anton
Drumheller from Schilling
Sources:
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 53.
External Links:
Batesland, South Dakota (Wikipedia)