Itasca is a word coined by

Henry Schoolcraft Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (March 28, 1793 – December 10, 1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi ...

and may refer to: *

Lake Itasca Lake Itasca ( ) is a small glacial lake, approximately in area. It is located in Itasca State Park, in south-eastern Clearwater County, in the Headwaters area of north-central Minnesota, and is notable for being the headwater of the Mississip ...

, the source of the Mississippi River __NOTOC__

Places in the United States

Itasca County, Minnesota Itasca County ( ) is a county located in the Iron Range region of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014. Its county seat is Grand Rapids. The county is named after Lake Itasca, which is in turn a shorte ...

* Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota *

Itasca Township, Sherman County, Kansas Itasca Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 321 at the 2000 census. Geography Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Voltaire Township — no ...

Itasca State Park Itasca State Park () is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The park spans of northern Minnesota, and is located about north of Park Rapids, Minnesota and from Bagley, Minnesota. The ...

, Minnesota *

Itasca, Illinois Itasca () is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 9,543. Located approximately 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, Itasca is close to O'Hare International Airport, major expressways and ...

Itasca, Texas Itasca is a city in Hill County in Northern Central Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,562. History Itasca began as a railroad station for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad in 1881, and was incorpora ...

* Itasca Village, a former settlement in Anoka County, Minnesota * South Itasca, Wisconsin * Itascatown, a historical settlement on

Howland Island Howland Island () is a coral island and strict nature reserve located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an Territories of the ...

named after the United States Coast Guard Cutter ''Itasca'' (see below) * Itaska Street (St. Louis), a road in St. Louis, Missouri

Ships in the United States

* , a United States Coast Guard cutter in commission from 1930 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1950, famous for her role during the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937 * , the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Other

* Itasca Phasar, a brand of recreational vehicles produced by Winnebago Industries *Itasca, the pseudonym of American musician Kayla Cohen, who released the 2024 album '' Imitation of War'' {{disambiguation, geo Henry Schoolcraft neologisms