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INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET OF KOSSUTH COUNTY

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ORIGIN <strong>OF</strong> <strong>KOSSUTH</strong> <strong>COUNTY</strong><br />

Kossuth County was first established by the State Legislature in 1851 and was the<br />

same size as Palo Alto County with the north 17 miles named Bancroft County.<br />

There were no permanent settlers in either Kossuth or Bancroft Counties. In 1855,<br />

Bancroft was added to Kossuth, and Bancroft County was eliminated entirely.<br />

Also, at that time, Kossuth consisted of its present territory plus the north 12 miles<br />

at the present Humboldt County.<br />

In 1856-1857, Humboldt County was restored and Kossuth went back to the size it<br />

is now.<br />

In 1870 the legislature divided Kossuth with the north three tiers of townships<br />

formed into Crocker County.<br />

In 1871, the State Supreme Court held that Crocker was not legally formed<br />

because under the constitution in force then, no county under 432 square miles<br />

could be established.<br />

This was the Constitution of 1846.<br />

The Constitution of 1857 legalized the other small counties, but between the two<br />

constitutions, Kossuth had been restored to its present size and Bancroft County<br />

was eliminated prior to the formation of Crocker County, but Crocker was<br />

established too late to get under the legalizing of the Constitution of 1857.

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