Garrick, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Garrick, Saskatchewan.
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Carroll, Carroll Co., Iowa
Volga German families settled in and around Carroll, Iowa.
Plaza, Mountrail Co., North Dakota
Volga German families settled in and around Plaza, North Dakota.
Gordon, Sheridan Co., Nebraska
Volga German families settled in and around Gordon, Nebraska.
Big River, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Big River, Saskatchewan.
Nokomis, Saskatchewan
Volga German families settled in and around Nokomis, Saskatchewan.
Brandon, Manitoba
Volga German families settled in and around Brandon, Manitoba.
Quemú Quemú, Departamento Quemú Quemú, La Pampa Province
Volga German families settled in and around Quemú Quemú, in La Pampa Province.
Nix (Yagodnaya Polyana)*
The parish register of Schilling records the birth of Maria Elisabeth Sophia Nicks, daughter of Philipp Gotthard Nicks, on 4 February 1767 in Oranienbaum while en route to the colonies.
Philipp Gotthard Nix and his family are recorded on the 1798 census of Yagodnaya Polyana in Household No. Yp06.
The agricultural census of 1798 records his name as Gotthard Kniss, but he doesn't appear elsewhere with the other Kniss families.
There are no known surviving male lines of this Nix family among the Volga German families.
Schafsdorf, Marianovski District, Omsk Oblast (Siberia)
Schafsdorf was founded in about 1895 by Volga German colonists most of whom were resettling from the colonies of Jost and Moor. It was named after one of the first settlers named Schaaf from Huck.
In 1912, it was given the Russian name of Gribanovka after the Cossack officer Gribanov who had leased the land to the original settlers.