Dariusleut Colonies in North America 1973

Hutterite Place Names in North America
87 Dariusleut Colonies 1973

The place names and country locations given below are from "List of Hutterite Colonies in North America" (pages 362-364, part of Appendix Fifteen) of the book "Hutterite Society" (first edition, 403 pages) by John A. Hostetler, published © copyright 1974 by Johns Hopkins University Press of Baltimore, Maryland; ISBN 0-8018-1584-3.

FEEFHS thanks Johns Hopkins University Press for its permission to republish this list of Hutterite colonies and thus make it more widely available to genealogy record searchers thru the FEEFHS Web Site.

FEEFHS also gives thanks to retired sociology and anthropology professor John A. Hostetler (formerly of Temple University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) for his personal approval and encouragement of our efforts to make Hutterite sources and information of value more widley accessable to genealogy record searchers worldwide.

Background The "87 Dariusleut Colonies" list presented below represents the second of three sections of Appendix Fifteen "Hutterite Society" as of the last year reported by Hostetler in the first edition of his book. The last list -- the "65 Leherleut Colonies" -- will be posted soon.

At the time of Hostetler's first edition (1973-1974) he reported there were 229 Hutterite colonies in North America. He estimated they contained about 20,000 Hutterites. A 1996 estimate on the Internet states at least 400 colonies now exist with an average of 90 members per colony for a total of betwen 36,000 and 40,000 Hutteries.

An unknown number of other Hutterites in North America left communal life to become "Prairieleuts". They will not be found in the records of these groups of colonies, nor is a Juliusleut group in Ontario, Canada where relationships with about fourty persons of the Enz family were severed in the early 1950s.

Also a related "Society of Brothers" (SOB), a "Buderhof" splinter group founded in Germany in 1920 by Eberhard Arnold (1883-1935) that spent some time in Paraguay is not included in this lists. In 1974 there were the SOB communities of Woodcrest in Rifton, NY, Oak Lane (became New Meadow Run) in Farmington Pennsylvania, Evergreen in Norfolk, Connecticut and Darvell at Robertsbridge, Sussex, England.

In 1973-74 the SOB under the leadership of the Rifton New York colony is said to have 1,000 persons. In 1996 they are thought to have about 300 persons per colony and perhaps as many as 8 communities. However at present time they are not part of the original Hutterite group founded in 1528 and thus not part of these lists either.

"87 Dariusleut Colonies" as of 1973

This information was transcribed by the webmaster into a Works database and reformatted into a "user friendly" flat file database for the web. In doing so the Colony "town" address was augmented with the county for U. S. Colonies. The province or state location was added to the "Colony Name" and "Parent Colony" columns for clarity as some colonies of the same name exist in both Canada and the U.S. The Dariusleut congregation was named for its leader, Darius Waldner.
Year Founded ... Colony Name ... Location: City (County) State/Province ... Parent Colony

(For prior periods see Hutterite Society chapter "Life in Russia" [pages 91-118] for more detail)
1874-1875 ... Silver Lake, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... From Hutterdorf, Taurida, Ukraine
1875-1930 ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Silver Lake, South Dakota 
1886-1918 ... Jamesville, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1890-1918 ... Kutter, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1893-1905 ... Dominion City, Manitoba ... Extinct (MB) ...Kutter, South Dakota
1905-1918 ... Beadle, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1905-1918 ... Spink, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1906-1918 ... Richards, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1912-1920 ... Spring Creek, Montana ... (Reestablished 1946) ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1913-1918 ... Warren Range, Montana ... Extinct (Carbon County)? MT ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1918-1929 ... Raley, Alberta ... (Moved to West Raley) AL ... Beadle, South Dakota
1918 ............ East Cardston, Alberta ... Cardston, AL ... Warren Range, Montana
1918 ............ Rosebud, Alberta ... Redlands, AL ... Kutter, South Dakota
1918 ............ Springvale, Alberta ... Rockyford, AL ... Jamesville, South Dakota
1918 ............ Standoff, Alberta ... Fort McLeod, AL ... Spink, South Dakota
1918 ............ Wilson Siding, Alberta ... Lethbridge, AL ... Richards, South Dakota
1919 ............ Stahlville, Alberta ... Rockyford, AL ... Spring Creek, Montana
1920-1935 ... Beadle, South Dakota ... Extinct (SD) ... Spring Creek, Montana
1924 ............ New York, Alberta ... Maybitt, AL ... Raley, Alberta
1925 ............ Ewelme, Alberta ... Fort McLeod, AL ... East Cardston, Alberta
1926 ............ Felger, Alberta ... Lethbridge, AL ... Beadle, South Dakota
1926 ............ New Rosebud, Alberta ... Beisker, AL ... Rosebud, Alberta
1927 ............ Pincher Creek, Alberta ... Pincher Creek, AL ... Felger, Alberta
1929 ............ West Raley, Alberta ... Cardston, AL ... Raley, Alberta
1930 ............ Granum, Alberta ... Granum, AL ... Standoff, Alberta
1930 ............ Wolf Creek, Alberta ... Stirling, AL ... Wolf Creek, South Dakota
1933 ............ Riverside, Alberta ... Fort McLeod, AL ... Standoff, Alberta
1935 ............ King Ranch, Montana ... Lewistown (Fergus) MT ... Beadle, South Dakota
1935 ............ Lakeside, Alberta ... Cranford, AL ... Wolf Creek, Alberta
1936 ............ Cayley*, Alberta... Cayley*, AL ... West Raley, Alberta
1936 ............ Sandhills, Alberta ... Beisker, AL ... Springvale, Alberta
1939 ............ Thompson, Alberta ... Glenwood, AL ... East Cardston, Alberta
1944 ............ Fairview, Alberta ... Crossfield, AL ... New Rosebud, Alberta
1945 ............ Grass Range*, Montana ... Grass Range* (Fergus) MT ... King Ranch, Montana
1947 ............ Deerfield, Montana ... Danvers (Fergus) MT ... Wolf Creek, Alberta
1948 ............ Camrose, Alberta ... Camrose, AL ... Springvale, Alberta
1948 ............ Pine Hill, Alberta ... Ponoka, AL ... Lakeside, Alberta
1948 ............ Tschetter, Alberta ... Irricana, AL ... New Rosebud, Alberta
1949 ............ Ferrybank, Alberta ... Ponoka, AL ... Sandhills, Alberta
1949 ............ Holt, Alberta ... Irma, AL ... Granum, Alberta
1949 ............ Red Willow, Alberta ... Settler, AL ... Stahlville, Alberta
1953 ............ Leask, Saskatchewan ... Leask, SK ... Sandhills, Alberta
1953 ............ Pibrock, Alberta ... Pibrock, AL ... Wilson Siding, Alberta
1954 ............ Scotford, Alberta ... Fort Saskatchewan, AL ... New York, Alberta
1955 ............ Riverview, Saskatchewan ... Sutherland, SK ... Fairview, Alberta
1956 ............ Spring Creek, Saskatchewan ... Walsh, SK ... Lakeside, Alberta
1956 ............ Sunshine, Alberta ... Hussar, MB ... Caley***, Alberta
1956 ............ Veteran, Alberta ... Veteran, AL ... West Raley, Alberta
1957 ............ O.B. (Ordens des Bruderhof?) ... Marwayne, AL ... Thompson, Alberta
1958 ............ Estuary, Saskatchewan ... Estuary, SK ... Riverside, Alberta
1958 ............ New Wolf Creek, Saskatchewan ... Maple Creek, SK ... Wolf Creek, Alberta
1959 ............ Huxley, Alberta ... Huxley, AL ... Stahlville, Alberta
1959 ............ Turner, Montana ... Turner (Blaine) MT ... Grass Range, Montana
1960 ............ Box Elder, Saskatchewan ... Walsh, SK ... Pinehill, Alberta
1960 ............ Espanola, Washington ... Reardan (Lincoln) WA ... Pincher Creek, Alberta
1960 ............ Mixburn, Alberta ... Mixburn, AL ... Holt, Alberta
1960 ............ Ribstone, Alberta ... Edgarton, AL ... Camrose, Alberta
1960 ............ Spring Point, Alberta ... Brockett, AL ... Granum, Alberta
1960 ............ West Bench, Saskatchewan ... Ravencrag, SK ... East Cardston, Alberta
1960 ............ Wolf Creek (North Harlem, MT) ... Harlem (Blaine) MT ... Deerfield, Montana
1961 ............ Cluny, Alberta ... Cluny, AL ... Tschetter, Alberta
1961 ............ Hillsvale, Saskatchewan ... Ballwinton, SK ... Springvale, Alberta
1961 ............ Simmie, Saskatchewan ... Simmie, SK ... New York, Alberta
1961 ............ Waterton, Alberta ... Waterton, AL ... Wilson Siding, Alberta
1962 ............ Athabaska, Alberta ... Athabaska, AL ... Rosebud, Alberta
1963 ............ Wilson Range, Montana ... Stanford (Judith) MT ... King Ranch, Montana
1964 ............ Bethune, Saskatchewan ... Bethune, SK ... Spring Creek, Saskatchewan
1964 ............ New Ferrybank, Alberta ... Warburg, AL ... Ferrybank, Alberta
1964 ............ Wildwood, Alberta ... Wildwood, AL ... Red Willow, Alberta
1964 ............ Dundurn, Saskatchewan ... Dundurn, SK ... Leask, Saskatchewan
1969 ............ Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan ... Frenchman Butte, SK...Ribstone, Alberta
1969 ............ Plain Lake, Alberta ... Two Hills, AL ... Scotford, Alberta
1969 ............ Pleasant Valley, Alberta ... Clive, AL ... Veteran, Alberta
1969 ............ Smokey Lake, Alberta ... Smokey Lake, AL ... New Rosebud, Alberta
1970 ............ Vegreville, Alberta ... Lavoy, AL ... Pibrock, Alberta
1971 ............ Hodgeville, Saskatchewan ... Hodgeville, SK ... Box Elder, Alberta
1971 ............ Morinville, Alberta ... Alcomdale, AL ... Sandhills, Alberta
1971 ............ New Raley, Alberta ... Turin, AL ... West Raley, Alberta
1971 ............ Valley View, Alberta ... Torrington, AL .. Huxley, Alberta
1971 ............ Holden, Alberta ... Holden, AL ... Caley***, Alberta
1972 ............ Starland, Alberta ... Morin, AL ... Lakeside, Alberta
1972 ............ Sunshine Ranch, Alberta ... Hussar, AL ... Cayley*, Alberta
1972 ............ Cameron Ranch, Alberta ... Turin, AL ... Ewelme, Alberta
1973 ............ Hughenden, Alberta ... Hughenden, AL ... Athabaska, Alberta
1973 ............ Barrens, Alberta ... Barrens, AL ... Granum, Alberta
1973 ............ Valley View, Alberta ... Valley View, AL ... Thompson, Alberta
1973 ............ Warden****, Washington ... Warden, WA ... Espanola, Washington

* "Cayley" (as spelled in Hutterite Society) is on a AAA Alberta map, located about 20 miles south of Calgary.
** Spelled as one word - "Grassrange" - by the AAA Montana map.
*** "Caley" (as spelled in Hutterite Society) is the same as "Cayley" according to Professor Hostetler.
**** Spelled as "Warner" in Hutterite Society, and identified as "Warden" by Prof Hostetler of Willow Grove Pennsylvania during a telephone call with John Movius on 17 January 1997. (While a "Warner" exists in Alberta, Canada, no town of this name exists in Washington State.)