Ingalls

Ingalls is a surname of English origin that is also used as a place name in the United States. It has been carried by a number of notable individuals and is associated with several geographic locations, as well as with the fictional family at the center of a well-known American literary series.

Notable individuals with the surname include Laura Ingalls Wilder, the American author best known for the Little House on the Prairie books, and John James Ingalls, a 19th-century American politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas. The name has appeared in various other historical and contemporary contexts as well.

Geographically, there are multiple towns, communities, and other features in the United States named Ingalls, reflecting the surname’s use in toponymy.

In popular culture, the Ingalls name is most widely recognized from the Little House on the Prairie series, whose central family is the Ingalls family, including Charles, Caroline, and Laura Ingalls. The works blend autobiographical elements with historical context to depict frontier life in the American Midwest.