Asherville | Beloit
| Blue Hill | Cawker
City
| Glen Elder | Hunter
| Mennonite Community
| Simpson | Tipton
| Victor
Homesteading in Mitchell County
Mennonite Community
In 1871, Jacob Marzolf and Henry Kohler
arrived in Mitchell County from Wathena, Kansas, to find some
land to farm. After spending the winter back in Wathena, they
and their families made the move to their new land. By 1879, several
other Mennonite families had joined them coming from Illinois,
Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Church meetings were held in their
homes beginning in 1881; by 1897, the meetings were being held
in the Naomi Mennonite Meeting House. The last church meeting
was on November 8, 1964. Many of the members had moved away from
the area by that time.
Sources
Mitchell County Elementary Students.
Mitchell County Historical Essays, 1962-1976. N.D.
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