Indian Lake Township, Minnesota
| Indian Lake Township, Minnesota | |
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 Indian Lake Township, Minnesota
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| Coordinates: 43°32′11″N 95°30′15″W / 43.53639°N 95.50417°WCoordinates: 43°32′11″N 95°30′15″W / 43.53639°N 95.50417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Nobles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.9 sq mi (90.5 km2) |
| • Land | 33.6 sq mi (87.1 km2) |
| • Water | 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,568 ft (478 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 259 |
| • Density | 7.7/sq mi (3.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 27-30878 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0664544 |
Indian Lake Township is a township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90 km2), of which 33.6 square miles (87 km2) of it is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) of it (3.75%) is water. The major gepgraphic features in the township include Indian Lake much of East Lake Ocheda, and a small portion of Iowa Lake.
Main highways include:
Organization of Indian Lake Township was approved by the Nobles County Board on April 22, 1871. The township was named for the lake within its borders. The lake was named Indian Lake due to the fact that settlers found Native Americans encamped along the lake's shores when they first arrived in 1869. A dozen years earlier, a band of Indians led by Inkpaduta, the group responsible for the 1857 Spirit Lake Massacre, lived along the shores of the lake. Indeed, the women and children of Inkpaduta's band were camped at Indian Lake when the massacre was taking place.Inkpaduta later fled westward, joining up with the Lakotas. He became a close friend of Sitting Bull, and participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and the defeat of George Armstrong Custer. It is believed that Inkpaduta died in Canada in 1881 or 1882.
Issac Horton, a pioneer settler, was the first to take up permanent residence along the shores of Indian Lake. He had been renting a farm near Spirit Lake, Iowa and frequently came to the Indian Lake region to hunt elk. On May 6, 1869, he filed a preemption claim to the eastern half of section 34 of Indian Lake Township. His claim included the eastern shore of Indian Lake. He erected a cabin of logs cut from his claim, and resided there for 17 years. Horton eventually sold his claim and purchased the southwest quarter of Indian Lake Township section 22 where he resided until his death in 1892.
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