Okaman

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Okaman MN 56028
United States
44° 12' 58.1256" N, 93° 42' 46.9764" W
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Okaman is in Le Sueur County OKAMAN, at the east side of the northern end of Lake Elysian, was an early village, platted March 30, 1857, lying partly in Waseca County. Its site was vacated in 1867 and reverted to farm uses. The name Okaman, supplied by the Dakota, was given to this lake by Nicollet, derived, according to Williamson, from hokah, "heron, man, nests." It thus had the same meaning as the Okabena Creek and Lakes in Jackson and Nobles Counties. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.