McDowell, on the shores of Lilly lake in 41-14, some forty miles northeast of Grantsburg, was named after A. L. McDowell, a Sucker who lived on the shores of that lake and was its post master.

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[Source: Burnett County Sentinel, 1909:Nov 4.]