Pine Island

HISTORY

Pine Island was founded by Volga German colonists immigrating from Yagodanya Polyana.  

Today, Pine Island is a hamlet just west of the town of Warwick, New York, not far from the New Jersey border.

 

VOLGA GERMAN CONGREGATIONS

St. Paul Congregational Church
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

 

VOLGA GERMAN FAMILIES

The following Volga German families are known to have settled in the Pine Island / Little York area:

Eurich
Freise
Gerlitz
Jungman (Youngmann)
Leinweber
Mohr
Ochs
Scheuermann
Schlegel
Wagner
Wilhelm
Zürckiebel (Sircable)

 

Sources

Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States (Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 57.