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19-74415. Website. www .cityofspiritlake .org. Spirit Lake is a city in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,439 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dickinson County. [4] The town is located along the western shore of East Okoboji Lake, in the Iowa Great Lakes region.
The Iowa Great Lakes, often referred to as Okoboji, [1] is a group of natural lakes in northwestern Iowa in the United States. There are seven lakes in the region totaling 12,687 acres (5,134 ha) [2] with the three principal lakes of the group being Big Spirit Lake, [3] West Okoboji Lake, [4] and East Okoboji Lake.
Spirit Lake is near the upper center of the map. Big Spirit Lake is a natural body of water, approximately 5,684 acres (2,300 ha) in area, in Dickinson County in northwest Iowa in the United States. It is part of the chain of lakes known as the Iowa Great Lakes, the northern shore of the lake straddles the border with Minnesota.
The Spirit Lake Massacre (March 8–12, 1857) was an attack by a Wahpekute band of Santee Sioux on scattered Iowa frontier settlements during a severe winter. Suffering a shortage of food, the renegade chief Inkpaduta (Scarlet Point) led 14 Sioux against the settlements near Okoboji and Spirit lakes in the northwestern territory of Iowa near ...
Dickinson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,703. [1] The county seat is Spirit Lake. [2] The county was organized in 1857 and is named in honor of Daniel S. Dickinson, [3] a U.S. Senator for New York . Dickinson County comprises the Spirit Lake, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area .
UTC-5 ( CDT) ZIP codes. 51360. GNIS feature ID. 0468734. Spirit Lake Township is one of twelve townships in Dickinson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,467. [1]
The Antlers Hotel is located in downtown Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States. From the 1880s to the early 1920s an alliance of railroad companies, entrepreneurs, and sportsmen made Spirit Lake and the Iowa Great Lakes region into an upscale tourist destination based on boating, hunting and gun tournaments. Completed in 1902, this hotel was built ...
Templar State Recreation Area. / 43.45667°N 95.11778°W / 43.45667; -95.11778. Templar State Recreation Area is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) state recreation area in Dickinson County, Iowa, United States, near the city of Orleans. The recreation area is located on the western shore of Big Spirit Lake, the largest of the Iowa Great Lakes, and is ...