Ritter, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
43°14′39″N 95°49′22″W / 43.24417°N 95.82278°W / 43.24417; -95.82278Ritter is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.
History
Ritter was platted when the Chicago, Minneapolis & St. Paul Railroad was extended to that point.[2] The community was named for J. L. Ritter, a railroad dispatcher.[3]
References
- ^ "Ritter". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. B. F. Bowen. 1914. p. 360.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 189.
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Municipalities and communities of O'Brien County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Primghar
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unincorporated
communities
- Gaza
- Germantown
- Moneta
- Plessis
- Ritter
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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