Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Lotts Creek (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lotts Creek. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Lotts Creek ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
- A typical abbreviation for Lotts Creek: Lotts Crk. (or less commonly used: Lotts Ck. or Lotts Cr.)
- While the name of this community is Lotts Creek, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Lotts Creek may originally have been Lott's Creek.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Lotts Creek might be written as Lott Creek.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Lotts Creek. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lotts Creek.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kossuth County: Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Faribault (MN) & Martin (MN).
Below are the counties that are near Lotts Creek. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lotts Creek:
- Kossuth County (The home county of Lotts Creek)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Lone Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fenton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Burt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Whittemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Algona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bancroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Irvington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- Sexton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sexton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Swea City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Titonka
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Titonka is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
- Gerled
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Gerled is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerled
- Emmet County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Ringsted
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hoprig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
- Gruver
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Gruver is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruver
- Population from the 2020 Census: 82 people
- Dolliver
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wallingford is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallingford
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Estherville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Woden
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Corwith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Corwith is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
- Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
- Hutchins
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hutchins is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchins
- Britt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
- Humboldt County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Ottosen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Bode
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bode is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bode
- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
- Livermore
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Livermore is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
- Bradgate
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Arnold
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arnold is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- Rutland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rutland is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Hardy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hardy is located in Humboldt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Gilmore City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Renwick
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Palo Alto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Cylinder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Rodman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- West Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Emmetsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Graettinger
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Curlew
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Curlew is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Mallard
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ayrshire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ruthven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pocahontas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Plover
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Plover is located in Pocahontas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
- Rolfe
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Havelock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Winnebago County
- Buffalo Center
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Faribault County (MN)
- Elmore
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Elmore is located in Faribault County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 613 people
- Martin County (MN)
- Ceylon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lotts Creek, see our County-by-County Page for Lotts Creek.
Cemeteries Near Lotts Creek ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lotts Creek.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lotts Creek - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lotts Creek covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Lotts Creek Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fenton Twp. Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- United Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Union Twp. Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- St. Lukes Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. Michaels Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Whittemore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- St. Johns Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Blackjar Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (124 more) ...
- River View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Burt Twp. Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- East Lawn Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the East Lawn Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the south of Algona.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #94628 <3>
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Lotts Creek in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lotts Creek.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lotts Creek, with the one closest to Lotts Creek listed first.
- Fenton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Fenton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
- Whittemore
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
- Burt
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Burt is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
- Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
- Algona
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Seneca is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca
- Cylinder
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Ringsted
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rodman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rodman is located in Palo Alto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 41 people
- Bancroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bancroft is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bancroft
- Population from the 2020 Census: 684 people
- Irvington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Irvington is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvington
- West Bend
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Sexton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Sexton is located in Kossuth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sexton
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Hoprig
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hoprig is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoprig
- Emmetsburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Armstrong
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Armstrong is located in Emmet County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
- Population from the 2020 Census: 841 people
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lotts Creek. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lotts Creek.
Newspapers Published in Lotts Creek ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 89 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lotts Creek.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lotts Creek, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lotts Creek.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lotts Creek:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Kossuth County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Emmet County
- Hancock County
- Humboldt County
- Palo Alto County
- Pocahontas County
- Winnebago County
- Faribault County
- Martin County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lotts Creek, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lotts Creek) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |