Lotts Creek Township is a

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History

Lotts Creek Township (formerly Lott's Creek with apostrophe ''s'') was organized in 1873. 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 in the

Spirit Lake Massacre The Spirit Lake Massacre (March 8–12, 1857) was an attack by a ''Wahpekute'' band of Santee Sioux on scattered Iowa frontier settlements during a severe winter. Suffering a shortage of food, the renegade chief Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point) led 14 S ...

References

Townships in Kossuth County, Iowa Townships in Iowa 1873 establishments in Iowa Populated places established in 1873 {{KossuthCountyIA-geo-stub