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Welcome to Lotts Creek ...

Lotts Creek is located in Kossuth County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lotts Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

A typical abbreviation for Lotts Creek: Lotts Crk. (or less commonly used: Lotts Ck. or Lotts Cr.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Lotts Creek for more information about variations on the name of Lotts Creek.

Lotts Creek is 1,220 feet [372 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lotts Creek lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lotts Creek: 515

Communities Also Named Lotts Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lotts Creek - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lotts Creek.

Communities near Lotts Creek ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lotts Creek.

  • Algona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • 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
  • West Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • 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
  • Swea City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ringsted
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lotts Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lotts Creek.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lotts Creek. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lotts Creek.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lotts Creek. See our Newspapers Page for Lotts Creek.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lotts Creek ...

Looking for more information about Lotts Creek? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lotts Creek, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lotts Creek.

Adding Lotts Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lotts Creek in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lotts Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lotts Creek post office opened in 1892. The Lotts Creek post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lotts Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Kossuth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lotts Creek - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/