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Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa

Coordinates: 43°07′33″N 94°23′01″W / 43.1258°N 94.3836°W / 43.1258; -94.3836
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Lotts Creek Township is a township in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States.[1]

History

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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 Sidominadotah and Sidominadotah's family[3] in the Spirit Lake Massacre.

References

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  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.


43°07′33″N 94°23′01″W / 43.1258°N 94.3836°W / 43.1258; -94.3836