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BRITT IOWA HISTORY
  • 1878
       

    1878 - Village of Britt (platted)

    first livery, church, hardware store, mercantile store, physician, elevator

  • 1881
       

    1881 - City of Britt (incorporated)

    first marshal, mayor, Hancock County Fair

  • 1924
       

    1924 - Hon. John Hammill elected governor of Iowa (1925-31)

    known as “the Good Roads Governor” (served as Lt. Gov. from 1920-24 under N.E. Kendall)

  • 1954
       

    1954 - Britt Community School forms

    (reorganization incorporating rural schools)

  • 1981
       

    1981 - Hobo Museum Opens

    (in former Chief Movie Theatre)

TODAY