Broken Kettle--On Broken Kettle Creek about a mile from its confluence with the Big Sioux River, 12 miles west of Hinton, 11 to 12 miles by road southeast of Westfield (SW/SW Sec. 3, Hancock Twp. 90N, R48W.) Established April 10, 1871, Ben B. Sutton; discontinued March 9, 1876.
~Compiled by local historian and genealogist John Winterringer. Published in the LeMars Sentinel, June 29, 1995