Randolph, Manitoba

Randolph, originally known as Chortitz, is a small community in the Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba, Canada.

[3] The community of Chortitz was founded in the 1874 by Mennonite immigrants who came from Russia to settle the lands known as the East Reserve, now largely the Rural Municipality of Hanover.

As home of the Bergthaler Bishop Gerhard Wiebe, the village quickly became the centre for trade and local government and an unofficial "capital" of the East Reserve, though over time the Kleine Gemeinde village of Steinbach overtook Chortitz in prominence.

[6] The community received the name Randolph when the Manitoba government established a local school district in the early 1900s.

[7] The most noteworthy structure at Randolph is the Chortitz Heritage Church, which was established as a congregation in 1876, with the current building dating to 1897.

Historic Neufeld Garage, now Randolph Community Centre