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Bancroft County was once the northern one-half of what is now Kossuth County. Established in 1851, Bancroft was abolished in 1857 and the area given to Kossuth County. In 1870 the Legislature created Crocker County on the ruins of old Bancroft County, but the act was declared unconstitutional because the county did not contain 432 square miles, which was the minimum. It was soon repealed and its 12 townships re-added to Kossuth County reducing the number of counties in Iowa from 100 to 99.
Betty Winter winter@netins.net Buffalo Center, Iowa |