Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa

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Lotts Creek Township is a township in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States. [1]

History

Lotts Creek Township (formerly Lott's Creek with apostrophe s) was organized in 1873. [2] Lotts Creek Township takes its name from the Lotts Creek, which in turn was named for Henry Lott, the figure made notorious for murdering Chief Sintominadutah and 8 members of Sintominadutah's family. Resulting in retaliation by other Dakota members at Spirit Lake Iowa where 32 settlers were also murdered. [3] in the Spirit Lake Massacre.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa
  2. ↑ History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa. Union Publishing Company. 1884. pp.  499.
  3. ↑ Reed, Benjamin F. (1913). History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 635.

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