Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa Explained

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

History

Lotts Creek Township (formerly Lott's Creek with apostrophe s) was organized in 1873.[1] Lotts Creek Township takes its name from the Lotts Creek, which in turn was named for Henry Lott, the figure made notorious for murdering Sidominadotah and Sidominadotah's family[2] in the Spirit Lake Massacre.

Notes and References

  1. Book: History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa . Union Publishing Company . 1884 . 499.
  2. Book: History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1 . S. J. Clarke Publishing Company . Reed, Benjamin F. . 1913 . 635.

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