HISTORY
Volga Germans were attracted to Michigan in 1902 by the sugarbeet industry. Later many found jobs in Michigan industry.
PRIMARY SETTLEMENT AREAS
Applegate
Au Gres
Bay City
Berrien Springs
Brimley
Caro
Croswell
Custer
Deckerville
Flint
Glendora
Mayville
McGregor
Munger
Owendale
Owosso
Peck
Port Huron
Reese
Saginaw
Sandusky
Sebewaing
Swartz Creek
Unionville
Sources
- Koch, Fred C. The Volga Germans: In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1977): 216.
- Pickelhaupt, Bill. The Volga Germans of Michigan's Thumb (Fort Gratiot, MI: Flyblister, 2009).
- Sallet, Richard. Russian-German Settlement in the United States(Fargo, ND: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1974): 54.