Ottawa, Minnesota
Encyclopedia
Ottawa is an unincorporated community
in Le Sueur County
, Minnesota
, United States
. Ottawa had a station of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad. The community was founded under the name of "Minnewashta", but on June 20th, 1856, it was surveyed and renamed Ottawa.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Le Sueur County
Le Sueur County, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,426 people, 9,630 households, and 6,923 families residing in the county. The population density was 57 people per square mile . There were 10,858 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Ottawa had a station of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad. The community was founded under the name of "Minnewashta", but on June 20th, 1856, it was surveyed and renamed Ottawa.
External links
- http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/city.cfm?PlaceNameID=2304&BookCodeID=74&County=40&SendingPage=Results.cfm