La Motte, IA

La Motte is a small city in northern Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 237 residents. The town was started in the nineteenth century by several settlers from the Eastern United States including Alexander La Motte and David Owen Montague. David Owen Montague arrived in Jackson County, Iowa, from New York in 1838 and settled in the area of La Motte in 1843. In La Motte, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in La Motte, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. The city is named after Alexander La Motte, one of its founders. La Motte is located in hilly countryside west of Bellevue. Farmers Creek passes through the city.