Ocheda Lake

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Ocheda Lake MN 56187
United States
43° 35' 50.46" N, 95° 34' 57.8388" W
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Ocheda Lake is in Nobles County Lake Ocheda (or Ocheda Lake), its outflowing Ocheyedan Creek, and Okshida Creek in Murray County, are names received by Nicollet from the Dakota, having reference to their mourning for the dead, as before noted in the chapter on Murray County. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.