St. Peter

HISTORY

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.

VOLGA GERMAN PARISH

St. Anthony's Catholic Church

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around St. Peter:

Appelhans
Billinger
Bollig
Brungardt
Dinkel
Dreiling
Gassmann
Gerstner
Herman
Ingenthron
Katzendorn
Knoll
Kuhn
Lang
Meier
Pfeifer
Richmeier
Riedel
Rohleder
Rohr
Rome
Sauer
Schamberger
Scheck
Spies
Wasinger
Weber
Wittman
Younger