Augsburg, Arkansas

Augsburg is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

Augsburg
Unincorporated community
Augsburg
Coordinates: 35°24′52″N 93°14′18″W
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountyPope County

In 1883, the first German-speaking Lutheran families began arriving in Pope County, 15 miles northwest of Russellville.

Augsburg was named for the German city of Augsburg. In 1884, they built their first church, Zion Lutheran Church. In 1907, it burned and a new one was built which also burned, in 1978, and replaced in 1979–80. Rev. F. W. Herzberger was the first Pastor and Rev. Joshua Ralston is the current Pastor.

List of Augsburg Zion Church pastors
  • F.W Herzberger 1883-1885
  • Henry Koch 1885-1887
  • C. Burkhart 1888-1895
  • Gerhardt V. Toerne 1895-1896
  • August F.Graebener 1897-1905
  • W.J Kaiser 1905-1906
  • H.M Schreiner 1906-1917
  • B.F Noack 1917-1919
  • H.F Meyer 1919-1920
  • Alexander Wagner 1921-1923
  • H.M Hanson 1923-1925
  • Henry D. Wagner 1925-1929
  • C.H Neuhas 1929-1930
  • Albert Behnke 1930-1933
  • M.L Rothe 1931-1932
  • M.L Cook 1933-1936
  • H.M Hanson 1936-1940
  • Adolph Kollmorgen 1940-1949
  • Martin Gassner 1949-1951
  • Julius Dahms 1951-1953
  • D.D Schiebinger 1953-1955
  • E. Schroeder 1955-1956
  • R.C Jahn 1956-1957
  • John C Kaiser 1957-1960
  • W.E Griesse 1960-1963
  • Jack Robinson 1963-1966
  • William Couch 1966-1967
  • W.H Ringhardt 1967-1991
  • Loren E. Famuliner 1992-1999
  • Herbert Swanson 2003-2005
  • Thom Lasko 2005-2017
  • Reed Schoaff 2017-2018
  • Joshua Ralston 2019–present

Pictures of the church
  • The Place left of
    Zion Lutheran Church
    2006
  • Zion Lutheran Church
    1907-1978
  • Zion Lutheran Church
    1980-


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