Clear Lake, IA

CLEAR LAKE, is situated on a beautiful lake of the same name, 10 miles west of Mason City. It has two churches, Methodist and Congregational, also, Benevolence Lodge, No. 145, A. F. & A. M. There are here two saw mills; one general store; and one grocery. Population about 150. Clear Lake, as well as the streams of this county is supplied with a great variety of native fresh fish weighing from one to twenty pounds each.  (Hair's Iowa State Gazetteer..., 1865)