Ritter is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.
Ritter, Iowa | |
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  Ritter, Iowa | |
| Coordinates: 43°14′39″N 95°49′22″W / 43.24417°N 95.82278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | O'Brien |
| Elevation | 1,427 ft (435 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 712 |
| GNIS feature ID | 464720[1] |
History
editRitter 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
edit- ^ "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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