Benderhill

HISTORY

The Bender Hill community is located in southern Russell County, Kansas. It is named after the Bender family from Kratzke which settled there in 1876.

The following Volga German families are know to have settled in the Bender Hill community:

Bender from Kratzke
Blehm from Kratzke
Deines from Kratzke
Dietz from Kratzke
Flegler from Dietel
Herdt
Krug from Kratzke
Maier from Kratzke
Niedens
Schwien from Kratzke
Stricker from Shcherbakovka

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

Trinity Lutheran Church