O'Dowd Lake

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O'Dowd Lake
Location Scott County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°44′30″N93°31′0″W / 44.74167°N 93.51667°W / 44.74167; -93.51667 Coordinates: 44°44′30″N93°31′0″W / 44.74167°N 93.51667°W / 44.74167; -93.51667
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O'Dowd Lake is a lake in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

O'Dowd Lake bears the name of the three O'Dowd brothers, pioneers who settled there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: O'Dowd Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  512.