Edwards.—Germans and Swedes in Kinsley, Jackson and Trenton townships, have church service in their mother tongue.
Elk.—Swedes in Painter and Hood townships; Irish in Falls township; Germans on the border of Elk and Wild Cat townships. None of these have church or school in the native tongue, but all use it at home.
Ellis.—Germans from Russia, settled about 1876 in Catherine, Hartsook, Lookout, Wheatland and Freedom townships, about 3000 in number—one third of the population of the county in 1891. They are Catholics, and have both churches and parochial schools conducted in German. They are large wheat-growers.
Ellsworth.—Germans, (Methodists) in south part of Valley township; Germans (Lutherans) in north part of Columbia and Ellsworth townships; Germans (Baptists) from Prussia, in Green Garden and south west corner of Empire townships. These all have church service, and the Lutherans schools in their own tongue. Bohemians in Valley and Noble townships.
Finney.—Reports no foreigners.
Ford.—Germans in Wheatland and Speareville townships. Have church, and one school conducted in German.
Franklin.—No report.
Garfield.—A few scattered families of Germans.
Geary.—Irish (Connaught) came into Jackson, Jefferson and Liberty townships 1855, about 1500 in number. Germans (Anhalt) about 1500 came into Jefferson, Milford and Lyon townships in 1862. About 300 English from Sussex settled in Lyon township in 1870. The Germans maintain both churches and schools in German.
Gove.—Swedes in Lewis and south part of Grinnell and south west corner of Gove townships.