There are German settlements of thirty or more persons
in the following counties: Allen, Anderson, Butler,
Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Coffey, Comanche,
Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas,
Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford, Garfield, Geary,
Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Jefferson, Kingman,
Leavenworth, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, Miami, Mitchell,
Montgomery, McPherson, Nemaha, Neosho, Norton, Osage,
Osborne, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Rawlins, Reno, Rice,
Riley, Rooks, Rush, Saline, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Sherman,
Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Thomas, Wabaunsee, Washington,
Wyandotte. Total, 60.
Scandinavians in settlements of thirty or over are
found in: Allen, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Cloud,
Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Edwards,
Elk, Gove, Greeley, Greenwood, Hodgeman, Jackson,
Jewell, Labette, Lincoln, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, Morris,
McPherson, Neosho, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips,
Pottawatomie, Rawlins, Riley, Saline, Sedgwick, Sherman,
Wabaunsee, Wallace, Wilson, Wyandotte. Total, 40.
Settlements of Slavonic peoples, Bohemians, Poles,
Russians, or Hungarians, in: Decatur, Ellsworth, Harper,
Lincoln, Marshall, Ottawa, Phillips, Rawlins, Reno,
Riley, Rooks, Rush, Sedgwick, Washington. Total, 14.
Settlements of Irish have been made in: Anderson, Cloud,
Crawford, Dickinson, Doniphan, Elk, Geary, Jackson,
Kingman, Marshall, Miami, Nemaha, Osage, Ottawa,
Pottawatomie, Washington, Wyandotte. Total, 17.
French are found in settlements of thirty or more in:
Cherokee, Cloud, Crawford, Doniphan, Graham, Harper,
Harvey, Nemaha, Osage, Pottawatomie, Rooks, Sedgwick,
Washington. Total, 13.
Italians are in Cherokee, Crawford, Sedgwick. Total, 3.
Welsh in Lyon, Osage and Wyandotte. Total, 3.
Dutch in Phillips, Reno, Sedgwick. Total, 3.
Scotch are reported from Cherokee and Osage. Total, 2.
English in Geary and Doniphan. Total, 2.
The following counties report that there are no
settlements of people of foreign birth within their
borders: Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Clarke, Finney,
Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Lane, Linn, Morton,
Pratt, Seward. Total, 14.
No reports have been secured from the following
counties: Barton, Brown, Clay, Franklin, Johnson,
Kearney, Kiowa, Meade, Ness, Republic, Russell, Scott,
Sheridan, Stevens, Sumner, Trego, Wichita, Woodson.
Total, 18.
Seventy-four of our Kansas counties report settlements of citizens of
foreign birth in numbers above 30. In so many cases there is no report
or estimate of numbers that it is not worth while to give summaries.
Probably there are not actually ten counties that have not such
settlements.
Church services in a foreign tongue are held as follows:
Allen S.,[4] Anderson G., Butler G., Chase G., Cheyenne
G., Cherokee G., Cloud F. S., Coffey G., Decatur G.,
Dickinson G. S., Doniphan G., Douglas G., Edwards G. S.,
Ellis G., Ellsworth G., Ford G., Geary G., Graham F.,
Greeley S., Greenwood G. S., Harper G. Hung., Harvey
G., Hodgeman G., Jefferson G., Leavenworth G., Lincoln
G. Du., Logan S., Lyon W. G., Marion G. Boh., Marshall
G., Miami G., Mitchell G., Montgomery G., Morris S.,
McPherson S. G., Nemaha G., Neosho G. S., Norton G.,
Osage S. Welsh, Osborne G., Pawnee S., Phillips G.
Du., Pottawatomie G. S., Rawlins G., Reno G. Du. Rus.,
Rice G., Riley S., Rooks F. G., Rush G., Saline G. S.,
Sedgwick G., Sherman G. S., Smith G. Du., Stafford G.,
Wabaunsee G., Wallace S., Washington G. Wilson S.,
Wyandotte G. S. Total, 58.
This total of fifty-eight counties in which church service is held in
a foreign tongue does not at all indicate the number of such churches.
In many of the reports received the number is not given, or merely
in the plural. These very incomplete reports indicate one hundred
thirty-eight such churches; it is safe to say that the number is nearly
double this.
More interesting is the number of schools conducted in a
foreign tongue. The counties having them are: Allen S.,
Anderson G., Chase G., Cheyenne G., Cherokee, G., Cloud
F., Dickinson G. S., Douglas G., Ellis G., Ellsworth G.,
Ford G., Geary G., Greeley S., Harvey G., Leavenworth
G., Lincoln G. S., Logan S., Marion G., Marshall G.,
Mitchell G., Morris S., McPherson S. G., Nemaha G.,
Osborne G., Phillips G., Pottawatomie G. S., Rawlins G.,
Reno G. Du. Rus., Riley S., Rush G., Saline S., Sedgwick
G., Sherman G. S., Smith G. Du., Wabaunsee G., Wallace
S., Washington G.
Total, 37.
The number of separate schools in a foreign language so far as reported
is seventy-four, and here, too, it is safe to say that the actual
number is much larger.