Victoria is a city in Herzog Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,129.
The Basilica of St. Fidelis (1997)
Victoria Station, 1873. Robert Benecke In the distance just to the right of the bridge over North Fork of Big Creek is the station, Victoria Manor. In 1867, this was the location of Campbell's Camp.
Commemorative statue of a Volga German pioneer family in Victoria (1997)
The Basilica of St. Fidelis (1997)
The Volga Germans are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and close to Ukraine nearer to the south.
Victoria, Kansas
…certain Scottish families remained, notably the descendants of Grant as well as the Philips, four of whom served as Mayor of Hays. In 1875, a party of Volga Germans from villages near Saratov, Russia, seeking a place to establish traditional farming villages, were shown locations in Ellis County. The first location…
Temporary quarters for Volga Germans in central Kansas, 1875.
Flags of Argentina, Buenos Aires Province and Germany in front of St. Joseph Catholic Church in San José, Coronel Suárez Partido, Argentina (Volga German colony).