It was founded by a settler named Koca, in 17th century.

Yagan was sentenced to death, but he was saved by the intercession of a settler named Robert Lyon.

A settler named Nathan Lamson saw them and shot and killed Little Crow.

The area was at first called "Green's Bridge" in 1805, as a settler named Green built a bridge over East creek.

A settler named Charles Smith bought a property he called Narimbeen.

Its name refers to another settler named Riso.

A settler named Wolverhampton, from some nameless hollow to the east, had inadvertently amputated one and a half toes a week before, while splitting logs.

In 1765, she married a settler named Richard Trotter.

The attack at Indian Creek was most likely spurred by the actions of a settler named William Davis.

In 1838, a settler named David Phelps moved to the region from New York State.