Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa
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 Sidominadotah and Sidominadotah's family[3] in the Spirit Lake Massacre.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lotts Creek Township, Kossuth County, Iowa
- History of Kossuth, Hancock, and Winnebago Counties, Iowa. Union Publishing Company. 1884. pp. 499.
- Reed, Benjamin F. (1913). History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 635.
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