Larrabee County, Iowa
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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.[2] In November 1914, the Iowans of Kossuth County voted against the creation of Larrabee County.
Background
When Iowa became a state in 1946, it had 48 counties. On January 15, 1851, the third General Assembly added 52 more counties, making Iowa a state of 100 counties.[3] In 1855, Bancroft County was eliminated because it was not suitable for farming. Bancroft County's land was merged with Kossuth County, making Kossuth the largest County in Iowa, and making Iowa a state of 99 counties.[4][5]
On May 13, 1870, after post-Civil War migration to the area, Bancroft County was re-established with the name Crocker County. It did not last even two years. In December 1871, 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.[2]
Larrabee County proposal
On February 22, 1913, Larrabee County was proposed by James McHose, an Iowa congressman from Boone, Iowa.[6] The name Larrabee would honor new governor William Larrabee.[7] The proposal would divide Kossuth County, making the northern part Larrabee County. However, the residents of northern Kossuth County sent a delegation to Des Moines to express that they did not want Larrabee County to exist. In November 1914, an election was held in Kossuth County to determine whether Larrabee County should be established. The proposal received just 920 votes compared to the opposition's 3599 votes; therefore, Larrabee County was not established and Iowa remained a state of 99 counties.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/iactc/35.1/CH0344.pdf
- ^ a b "Pieces of Iowa's Past" (PDF). Iowa Legislature. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.com/history/time-machine-what-happened-to-iowas-100th-county/
- ^ Brown, Abby. "Development of Iowa's 99 Counties". Iowa PBS. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Riley, Roger (November 24, 2015). "What Ever Happened to Iowa's 100th County?". Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "What happened to Iowa's 100th county?". The Gazette. 2019-04-21. pp. P6. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Bill to Create Larrabee County Indorsed by House Committee". The Des Moines Register. 1913-03-20. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-06.