Herzog, Kansas

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Herzog, Kansas is a historic Volga German immigrant settlement that later became part of the city of Victoria in Ellis County, Kansas.

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Herzog, Kansas canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement
unincorporated community
associatedWith Catholic colonization of the Great Plains
Volga German diaspora in Kansas
linked to: Volga Germans
country United States of America
county Ellis County, Kansas
ethnicOriginOfSettlers German
Russian German
foundedBy Volga German immigrants
hasCulturalTradition Volga German food customs
Volga German religious festivals
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly German Catholic in early years
hasHeritage Volga German
linked to: Volga Germans
hasHistoricalSignificance example of ethnic immigrant colony on the Great Plains
major Volga German Catholic settlement in Kansas
hasNotableStructure St. Fidelis Catholic Church
heritageSiteAt St. Fidelis Catholic Church
historicalCountySeatOf Volga German Catholic community in Ellis County
historicalPopulationOrigin colonists from Volga German villages in Russia
historicalRegionOfOriginOfSettlers Russian Empire
Volga River region
linked to: Volga region
incorporatedIntoCity Victoria, Kansas
languageOfEarlySettlers German
Russian German dialects
locatedIn Ellis County, Kansas
Great Plains
Kansas
locatedInMetropolitanArea Hays micropolitan area
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
mergedInto Victoria, Kansas
namedAfter Herzog, Russia
Herzog, Saratov Governorate
partOf Victoria, Kansas
primaryEconomicActivityHistorically agriculture
wheat farming
region Central Kansas
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
settledBy Volga German Catholics
linked to: Volga Germans
state Kansas
transportConnectionNearby Interstate 70
U.S. Route 40
Union Pacific Railroad

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