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{{Short description|Historic proposed county}} |
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[[File:Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Kossuth_County.svg|alt=Map of Iowa highlighting Kossuth County. (See its size.)|left|thumb|Map of Iowa highlighting Kossuth County. (Note its size.)]] |
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'''Larrabee County''' was a proposed county in the northern part of [[Kossuth County, Iowa]] in February 1913. It was named after governor [[William Larrabee (Iowa politician)|William Larrabee]]. In November 1914, the Iowans of Kossuth County voted against the creation of Larrabee County. It was preceded by [[Crocker County, Iowa|Crocker County]] until it was disestablished being [[Illegality|illegal]]. A vote was held in Kossuth County in order to see if the county would be established or not. It failed and Kossuth County remained the largest county in Iowa. |
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== Background == |
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[[File:Map_of_Iowa_highlighting_Bancroft_County.svg|alt=Image shows a map of Iowa highlighting the defunct Bancroft county.|thumb|Map of Iowa highlighting the defunct Bancroft county.]] |
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When Iowa became a state in 1846, it had 48 counties. On January 15, 1851, the third [[Iowa General Assembly]] added 52 more counties, making Iowa officially a state of 100 counties.{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} In 1855, [[Bancroft County, Iowa|Bancroft County]] was eliminated because it was not suitable for settling due to its [[marshes]] and [[wetlands]].{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} Bancroft County's land was merged with Kossuth County, making Kossuth the largest County in Iowa, and therefore Iowa was now a state of 99 counties.{{Sfn|Brown|2023}}{{Sfn|Riley|2015}} |
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On May 13, 1870, after post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] migration to the area, Bancroft County was re-established with the name [[Crocker County, Iowa|Crocker County]].<ref name="iowapast">{{cite web |title=Pieces of Iowa’s Past |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/TB/1039404.pdf |access-date=2024-04-05 |publisher=Iowa Legislature |pages=1-5}}</ref> It lasted from 1870 to December 1871, being deemed illegal and [[unconstitutional]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Crocker County, Iowa (extinct) |url=http://www.past2present.org/own/counties/Crocker.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216080137/http://www.past2present.org/own/counties/Crocker.htm |archive-date=2012-02-16 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Past 2 Present}}</ref> The [[Iowa Supreme Court]] ruled in the case L.K. Garfield vs R.I. Brayton that Crocker County was a violation of the Iowa constitution, which declares in Article 11 that no new county shall be created which contains less than 432 square miles.<ref name="iowapast" /> |
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== Proposal == |
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[[File:Portrait_of_William_Larrabee.jpg|alt=Portrait of William Larrabee, who the county was to be named after.|thumb|Portrait of William Larrabee, who the county was to be named after.]] |
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On 22 February 1913, Larrabee County was proposed by James McHose, an Iowa congressman from [[Boone, Iowa]].{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} The name Larrabee would honor new governor [[William Larrabee (Iowa politician)|William Larrabee]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-03-20 |title=Bill to Create Larrabee County Indorsed by House Committee. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-bill-to-create-l/144895174/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=The Des Moines Register |pages=1}}</ref> The proposal would divide Kossuth County, making the northern part Larrabee County.{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} If Larrabee County were to be created, it would consist of the north one third of Township 97, all of townships 98, 99 and 100 north, of ranges 27, 28, 29 and 30 west of the fifth [[Principal meridians of Iowa|principal meridian]] in the state of Iowa.<ref name="legisiowa">{{Cite web |title=LAWS OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/iactc/35.1/CH0344.pdf |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Iowa Legislature |pages=353-357}}</ref> However, the residents of northern Kossuth County sent a delegation to [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] to express that they did not want Larrabee County to exist.{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} In November 1914, an election was held in Kossuth County to determine whether Larrabee County should be established.{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} The proposal received just 920 votes compared to the opposition's 3599 votes; therefore, Larrabee County was not established which meant Iowa remained a state of 99 counties,<ref name="legisiowa" />{{Sfn|Fannon-Langton|2019}} so Kossuth County remained the largest county in Iowa.<ref name="iowapast" /> |
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== References == |
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== Citations == |
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*{{Cite news |last=Fannon-Langton |first=Dianne |date=2019-04-21 |title=What happened to Iowa's 100th county? |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-what-happened-to-iowas-100t/144895260/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=The Gazette |pages=P6}} |
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*{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Abby |date=2023-04-25 |title=Development of Iowa's 99 Counties |url=https://www.iowapbs.org/education/findiowa/media/9553/development-iowas-99-counties |access-date=2024-04-05 |publisher=Iowa PBS}} |
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*{{Cite news |last=Riley |first=Roger |date=2015-11-24 |title=What Ever Happened to Iowa’s 100th County? |url=https://whotv.com/2015/11/24/what-ever-happened-to-iowas-100th-county/ |access-date=2024-04-05}} |
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