HISTORY
The town of Alva was established in 1893 as a land rush office along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It was named for railroad attorney Alva Adams who had become the governor of Colorado.
The following Volga German families are known to have settled in and around Alva:
Abel / Ebel
Brickmann
Eichman
Fehrer from Norka
Geiger
Jaekel
Jauk / Yauk from Norka
Lehl from Norka
Schimpf / Shimp
Windecker
Sources
Donovan Reichenberger, "Alva," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture (www.okhistory.org)
External Links
Alva Municipal Cemetery (FindAGrave)
Alva, Oklahoma (Wikipedia)