ATCHISON.—Reports no foreigners, by John
Klopfenstein, Supt.
ALLEN.—Swedes and Danes, from 600 to 700, settled
from 1873 to 1880. Have church service, and four to five
months school in Swedish. Grove and Elsmore townships.
Germans in and around Humboldt.
ANDERSON.—Irish in Reeder township, 1860 and 1874.
Germans, 1860 in Putman township, 1880 in Westphalia
township. Have both church and schools in German.
BARBER.—Reports “no foreigners worth making
account of”, by J. O. Hahn, Sup’t.
BARTON.—No report.
BOURBON.—Reports no foreigners.
BROWN.—No report.
BUTLER.—Germans (Prussians), speaking Low German,
in Fairmount and Milton townships. Hold church services
but no schools in German.
CHASE.—Russian Mennonites, speaking both Russian
and German, in Diamond Creek township, no church, but a
portion of schooling in German. Germans at Strong City,
with both church and schools in their native tongue.
CHATAUQUA.—Some Norwegians and Swedes, 1870, no location
given. Neither schools nor churches in native tongue.
One colony of ‘Russians’ (Mennonites?), who have also
given up their language.
CHEROKEE.—Weir City, French and Italians, number
considerable. Scammon, Scotch, also in large numbers.
The French and Italians have neither schools nor church
in the native tongue. Germans in Ross, twenty families;
with church originally Lutheran, now Mennonite; school
irregularly during past ten years. Swedes, a few
families in Cherokee township, have entirely given up
Swedish language. The Scotch, French and Italians in
mines or mining industries.
CHEYENNE.—Germans settled in 1885-86 on Hackberry
Creek, 160 persons; in the northeast corner of the
county, 100; on west border of county, north of
Republican river, 120; all with churches and the last
two with occasional schools. Swedes are across the
Republican adjoining last named German settlement,
120, entered 1886, having neither church nor school in
Swedish.
CLARKE.—Reports no foreigners.
CLAY.—No report.
CLOUD.—Canadian French are scattered over much of
the county, with considerable settlements in and around
the towns of Concordia, Clyde, St. Joseph and Aurora. In
all there are churches, in the first three schools also
conducted in French. Norwegians occupy portions of Sibley
and Lincoln townships with two churches in their own
tongue. They number about three hundred. Irish occupy
portions of Solomon and Lyon, the south part of Meredith
and the southeast corner of Grant townships.
COFFEY.—Germans in Liberty and on border of Leroy
and Avon township. Have church service in German.
COMANCHE.—Germans. A few scattered families.
COWLEY.—A few Swedes and Germans, widely scattered.
CRAWFORD.—Irish and French in Grant township;
Swedes in west part of Sherman township, have all
given up their language. Italians, Austrians and other
nationalities in south part of Washington, southeast
part of Sheridan and all over Baker township, especially
in Pittsburg, employed in mining and smelting.
DECATUR.—Swedes in Oberlin township; Mennonites
in Prairie Dog township; Germans in and around Dresden,
with Catholic church; Bohemians in Jennings and Garfield
townships.
DICKINSON.—Germans, 500 in number settled in
1860 in Liberty, Union and Lyon townships. Have three
churches and two schools in German. Also in Wheatland,
Jefferson, Bonner and Ridge townships, one church and a
school. Swedes, 100 settled in 1860 in Center and Hayes
township, with two churches and one school in Swedish.
Irish, several hundred in south part of Banner township.
DONIPHAN.—Germans in Wayne, Marion and southern
part of Center, Burr Oak and Washington townships, with
church service in native tongue. Norwegians in eastern
part of Wolf River township.
DOUGLAS.—There are German settlements in Eudora
township (300), Marion township (600), and Big Springs
township (100), with churches in all and school in
the first. There are about five hundred Germans in
Lawrence, with three German churches. There are smaller
settlements of Germans and Scandinavians at several
points in the county.
EDWARDS.—Germans and Swedes in Kinsley, Jackson
and Trenton townships, have church service in their
mother tongue.
ELK.—Swedes in Painter and Hood townships; Irish
in Falls township; Germans on the border of Elk and Wild
Cat townships. None of these have church or school in
the native tongue, but all use it at home.
ELLIS.—Germans from Russia, settled about 1876
in Catherine, Hartsook, Lookout, Wheatland and Freedom
townships, about 3000 in number—one third of the
population of the county in 1891. They are Catholics,
and have both churches and parochial schools conducted
in German. They are large wheat-growers.
ELLSWORTH.—Germans, (Methodists) in south part of
Valley township; Germans (Lutherans) in north part of
Columbia and Ellsworth townships; Germans (Baptists)
from Prussia, in Green Garden and south west corner of
Empire townships. These all have church service, and
the Lutherans schools in their own tongue. Bohemians in
Valley and Noble townships.
FINNEY.—Reports no foreigners.
FORD.—Germans in Wheatland and Speareville
townships. Have church, and one school conducted in
German.
FRANKLIN.—No report.
GARFIELD.—A few scattered families of Germans.
GEARY.—Irish (Connaught) came into Jackson,
Jefferson and Liberty townships 1855, about 1500 in
number. Germans (Anhalt) about 1500 came into Jefferson,
Milford and Lyon townships in 1862. About 300 English
from Sussex settled in Lyon township in 1870. The
Germans maintain both churches and schools in German.
GOVE.—Swedes in Lewis and south part of Grinnell
and south west corner of Gove townships.
GRAHAM.—A settlement of Canadian French (600)
was made in adjacent parts of Wild Horse and Morelan
townships about 1880. They conduct church service but no
schools in French.
GRANT.—Reports no foreigners.
GRAY.—Reports no foreigners.
GREELEY.—Swedes in the north west part of the
county, have church service and summer school in Swedish.
GREENWOOD.—Norwegians, about 200, in south part of
Salem township, have church in their own tongue. Germans
in Shell Rock township, about 300, also have church in
their own language.
HAMILTON.—Reports no foreigners.
HARPER.—Germans about the town of Harper.
Hungarians south of Bluff City. Both have church service
in German. About 100 French in Odell and Stohrville
townships.
HARVEY.—Germans (Russian Mennonites) from Odessa,
a few from Prussia, the latter speaking Low German. They
settled from 1874 to 1876 in Alta and Garden townships,
in Pleasant and the eastern part of Newton townships, and
about Halstead. They have church and school in German,
but speak Russian also. French in north part of Emma
township, engaged in raising silk worms.
HASKELL.—Reports no foreigners.
HODGMAN.—Germans, about 30 families, settled about
1884 in south east corner of Sterling township; have
preaching in German. Swedes in north west corner of
Marena township.
JACKSON.—Danes in Netawaca and Whiting townships;
Irish in Washington township; neither continue to use
their native tongue.
JEFFERSON.—Germans (Swiss) in Delaware, Jefferson
and Kentucky townships, maintaining church but no
schools in German.
JEWELL.—Swedes, widely scattered in Sinclair,
Allen, Ewing and Ezbon townships.
JOHNSON.—No report.
KEARNEY.—No report.
KINGMAN.—A small settlement of Germans in Peters
township, not using German to any extent. A few Irish in
Union township.
KIOWA.—No report.
LABETTE.—Swedes and Norwegians settled in Valley
and Canada townships about 1869. Still speak their
language, but have neither church nor school in it.
LANE.—Reports no foreigners.
LEAVENWORTH.—German, in 1873 in Easton township;
in Fair township in 1876; about 600 in each place. They
have church service and schools in German.
LINCOLN.—Danes settled in Grant township in 1869
and since, 400 in number. Germans settled in Pleasant
township in 1872, with 300, and in Indiana township in
1869 and later with about 375. Danes and Germans have
good schools and churches in native tongue. Bohemians
in Highland township in 1878 with thirty families.
They speak their native tongue, but have no schools or
churches.
LINN.—Reports no foreigners.
LOGAN.—Swedes, about 200, about Page City, in
north part of county. Have church and school both in
Swedish.
LYON.—Welsh, between 1000 and 1500 are located
in and about Emporia, with three churches conducted in
Welsh. There is a settlement of Scandinavians near Olpe
in Centre township.
MARION.—Germans (Russian Mennonites), settled in
Logan, Durham, Lehigh, Risley, Menno, West Branch and
Liberty townships, from 1870 to 1875, some 5000 in number.
They speak both Russian and German, and have church
service and schools in the latter tongue. Bohemians,
about 500 in number are settled in Clark township. They
speak Czech and have church service in that language.
French to the number of 200 settled soon after 1870 on
the border of Grant and Doyle townships. They speak
French still, but have no schools or church service in
the language.
MARSHALL.—Germans (Pommeranians, Hanoverians,
Frisians) to the number of 2000, settled in the west
part of Marysville township from before 1860 to 1870.
They have both church and school in their own tongue.
In the north part of Murray and the south half of
Vermillion townships are 1200 Irish, who use only
English in church and school. They came before 1870.
Bohemians in small numbers occupy the north part of
Guittard, the north west corner of Waterville and the
south part of Blue Rapids townships; Swedes a portion of
the south part of Waterville township. No report as to
their language.
MEADE.—No report.
MIAMI.—Germans occupy the north part of Wea and
the west part of Valley townships, about 200 in each
settlement; the first has a Catholic, the second a
Lutheran church. Irish occupy the north part of Osage
township, also about 200 in number.
MITCHELL.—Germans to the number of 1200 occupy
Pittsburg, Blue Hill, and Carr Creek townships. In the
first there is a church, and a well-attended school
(Catholic) at Tipton.
MONTGOMERY.—Germans to the number of 100 are
settled in and about Independence. They have church
service in German (Lutheran).
MORRIS.—Swedes occupy Diamond Valley, the west
part of Creek, and the north part of Parker townships.
They have several churches and occasionally a school
conducted in Swedish.
MORTON.—Reports no foreigners.
MCPHERSON.—Swedes settled, about 1870, in Union,
Smoky Hill, Harper, New Gottland, Delmore, and portions
of other townships, in large numbers, several thousand.
They have several churches and excellent schools
conducted in Swedish. Germans (Russian Mennonites)
occupy Superior, Turkey Creek, Mound, Lone Tree, King
City, and portions of McPherson and other southern
townships, with several churches and schools. The
Mennonites number about 5000 and settled after 1876.
NEMAHA.—Germans (Swiss) occupy Nemaha and
Washington, and a portion of Richmond townships, with
German churches and schools. Irish are in Clear Creek
and north east corner of Neuchatel townships. Most of
Neuchatel township is occupied by French (Swiss).
NEOSHO.—Germans have a considerable settlement in
the south east corner of Tioga township, with church
service (Lutheran) in German; another in the east part
of Lincoln township, where the language is spoken, but
without church or school. Swedes have settlements in the
north west part of Tioga and the east part of Big Creek
townships; church in the first only, though in both
Swedish is spoken almost exclusively.
NESS.—No report.
NORTON.—Germans to the number of 100 settled about
1880 in Grant township. They have church service in
German.
OSAGE.—Swedes, (700 in number,) settled in
Grant township in 1871, where they have four churches
conducted in Swedish. Welsh settled in 1869 in Arvonia
township, and others in the north part of Superior
township, 700 in number. They have six churches with
services in Welsh. Germans are in the north part of
Scranton and Ridgway townships, 200 in number; French
in the central part of Superior township, 200 strong;
Danes, 200, in north part of Melvern and Olivet
townships; a considerable number of Scotch and Irish in
and near Scranton. Most of these latter are engaged in
coal mining. None of the foreigners have schools—except
Sunday schools—in their native tongue.
OSBORNE.—Germans settled in Bloom township, where
they have both church and school in their mother tongue.
OTTAWA.—Bohemians are located about the border
of Sheridan and Fountain townships; Danes in the south
part of Buckeye township; Irish, arrived about 1885, in
the south part of Chapman township. None of these have
church or school in a foreign tongue.
PAWNEE.—Swedes settled about 1877 in the west part
of Garfield and the north part of Walnut townships, about
500 in all. They speak their native language at home
almost exclusively, and have preaching in it.
PHILLIPS.—Germans occupy Mound and south part of
Dayton townships, with preaching and parochial school
in German. Dutch occupy east part of Prairie View with
adjacent portions of Long Island, Dayton, and Beaver
townships, with preaching in Dutch. Some Danes and Swedes
in Crystal township, and some scattered Poles.
POTTAWATOMIE.—Germans, about 2500, in west half of
Mill Creek and adjacent portions of Sherman and Vienna
townships, also in Pottawatomie and adjacent portions of
Union, Louisville, and St. George townships. There are a
few families in Wamego and St. Mary’s Mission. They have
several schools and churches conducted in German. Swedes
occupy the whole of Blue Valley and the west border of
Greene townships, and have a small settlement in St.
Mary township, numbering in all 1200. They have church
service and a parochial school conducted in Swedish.
Irish, to the number of 2000 occupy Clear Creek, Emmet,
St. Mary and the border of St. Clere townships. French
(Canadian), numbering 200, are found in the north part
of Mill Creek and in Union townships, also a few about
St. Mary’s Mission.
PRATT.—Reports no foreigners.
RAWLINS.—Germans in north east part of county with
church and school in German. Swedes in east part of
county, Bohemians and Hungarians in north and north east
portion.
RENO.—Germans, about 300, came in 1880 to north
east corner of Little River township, and about 200 to
south east corner of Sumner township; also a settlement
in the west part of Hayes township; Dutch, about 350,
came 1878 into Haven township; Russians are settled
in Salt Creek and Medford townships. All have church
service and schools in their native tongue. There are
also a few French and Danes in the county.
REPUBLIC.—No report.
RICE.—There is a considerable settlement of
Germans in Valley township, also Pennsylvania Germans in
the west part of Sterling township, with German churches
in both. There are also some Germans in the town of
Lyons, with a German church.
RILEY.—Swedes, about 2500, occupy Jackson, Swede
Creek and adjacent portions of Mayday, Center, Fancy
Creek and Sherman townships. They have church services
and summer schools in their own tongue. Bohemians and
Germans, about 500 together, occupy the north east part
of Swede Creek township.
ROOKS.—Germans, 10 families, settled 1880 in north
part of Northhampton township. Bohemians, 10 families,
located in north part of Logan township in 1879. French,
about 30 families, south west corner of Logan, and same
number in Twin Mound township, settled in 1878, speak
French and have preaching in that tongue. The Germans
have church service in German.
RUSH.—Germans (Russian Mennonites) are located as
follows: in Big Timber township 75 families, in Illinois
township 25 families, in Pioneer township 50 families,
in Lone Star township 50 families, in Banner township
25 families, in Garfield township 25 families, in Belle
Prairie township 30 families. In each township there is
one church or more, but no German schools (?). Bohemians
are found in Banner and Garfield townships, about 25
families in each.
RUSSELL.—No report.
SALINE.—Germans, (Bavarians and Swabians) about
200, in Gypsum and south part of Ohio townships; Swedes,
3000 to 4000, in Washington, Smolan, Falun, Liberty and
Smoky View, and adjacent parts of Spring Creek, Summit
and Walnut townships, also in Salina. The Swedes came
in 1868. Both Germans and Swedes have preaching and the
latter have schools in their tongue.
SCOTT.—No report.
SEDGWICK.—Germans, 3000 to 4000, settled from
1874-82 in Sherman, Grand River, Garden Plain, Attica
and Union townships. Also about 2000 Germans in the
city of Wichita. In both places schools and churches in
German. Russians, Italians, French and Scandinavians
are represented, a few hundred each, in Wichita. In the
country townships a few Dutch and Swedes.
SEWARD.—Reports no foreigners.
SHAWNEE.—Germans (Moravians) in Rossville
township, speak their native tongue almost exclusively,
but have neither school nor preaching in German.
SHERIDAN.—No reports.
SHERMAN.—Germans, 20 families about the center of
the county. Swedes, 10 families in north east corner
and 25 families in south west corner. Both Germans and
Swedes have schools and preaching in their native tongue.
SMITH.—Germans in west part of Swan and Cedar
townships, and on border of Harvey and Banner townships,
in both churches, and in the first schools, in German.
Dutch, in the south half of Lincoln township, have
church but no schools.
STAFFORD.—Germans in Hayes and Cooper townships,
three hundred in number, with two churches having
service in German.
STANTON.—A few scattered Germans.
STEVENS.—No report.
SUMNER.—No report.
THOMAS.—A few foreigners scattered about the
country; all anglicised.
TREGO.—No report.
WABAUNSEE.—Germans and some Swedes in Kaw,
Newbury, Mill, Farmer, Alma and Washington townships,
with both preaching and schools in the mother tongue.
WALLACE.—Swedes, to the number of 300, have
settled since 1888 in the south west corner of the
county. They have church and schools in Swedish.
WASHINGTON.—Germans in Franklin, Charleston,
Hanover and north part of Sherman townships, have both
church and schools (6) conducted in German. Bohemians
are numerous in Little Blue township; French about
midway in Sherman township; Irish in Barnes, south part
of Sherman and Koloko townships.
WICHITA.—No report.
WILSON.—Swedes have settled since 1870 in Colfax
township. They have preaching but no schools in Swedish.
WOODSON.—No report.
WYANDOTTE.—Germans, 150, in north west corner of
Prairie township; Swedes, 350, in Kansas City, Kas.;
both have church service in the native language. Welsh,
200, in Rosedale, and Irish about midway in Wyandotte
township.