Munjor, Kansas
| Munjor, Kansas | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 KDOT map of Ellis County (legend) |
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| Coordinates: 38°48′40″N 99°15′53″W / 38.81111°N 99.26472°WCoordinates: 38°48′40″N 99°15′53″W / 38.81111°N 99.26472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Ellis |
| Founded | 1876 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
| • Land | 2.31 sq mi (5.97 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,946 ft (593 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 213 |
| • Density | 92/sq mi (35.7/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 67601 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-49200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0475292 |
Munjor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Wheatland Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the community was 213.
The Munjor community was one of six settlements founded in 1876 by Volga German immigrants from southern Russia. Their German ancestors had immigrated to the southern Volga Region of Russia around 1767 at the invitation of Catherine the Great in 1763. Catherine invited the German people to southern Russia to develop the vast steppes and promised them land, freedom from military conscription and religious freedom. By about 1870 these privileges were at risk. Because of impending military conscription and loss of religious freedom, the communities of German settlers along the Volga River elected five men to act as scouts to inspect the prospects of life in America. Peter Leiker (of Obermonjou), Peter Stecklien (of Zug), Anton Wasinger (of Schönchen), Nicholas Schamme (of Graf), and Jacob Ritter (of Luzern) left from Obermonjou, Russia in 1874, landed in New York City and traveled westward as far as Nebraska. They found the prospects of life in America and the farmland of Nebraska favorable and returned to Russia with their report. Encouraged by the accounts of these men, a group of colonists left Russia in 1875 and landed in Baltimore on November 23, 1875. They traveled westward, spending the winter in Topeka, Kansas and then moved on to settle in Ellis County in the spring of 1876.
Other groups followed in the spring and summer months of 1876. The largest group was composed of 108 families which left from Saratov on July 8, 1876. The group divided into two parts for ocean transportation, the larger part coming on the North-German Lloyd Line, and the rest by way of the Hamburg-American Line. In this latter group were the founders of Munjor, including three of the original scouts: Peter Leiker, Anton Wasinger, and Peter Stecklein. After landing in New York August 3, they immediately headed westward traveling to Topeka and then to Herzog, Kansas, and within a few days moved to a tract of land along Big Creek and after 2 months moved to Section 25, Range 18 in Wheatland Township which is now Munjor, Kansas. Other immigrant groups arrived in Munjor in November 1876, September 1877, and July 1878.
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