Bremer is an unincorporated community in Warren Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
Bremer, Iowa | |
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unincorporated community | |
  Bremer, Iowa | |
| Coordinates: 42°46′24″N 92°23′42″W / 42.77333°N 92.39500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Bremer |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Geography
editBremer is located at the junction of County Roads C33 and C21.[1]
History
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The Bremer post office opened in June 1858, closed in November 1859, reopened in June 1888, closed again in October 1913, reopened in December 1916, and continued operation until February 1980, when it closed permanently.[2]
Bremer was founded on the Chicago Great Western Railway. A bank operated in Bremer until the Great Depression forced its closure in 1933. Bremer also once had a Missouri Synod Lutheran church.[1]
The Schrodermeier School was built one mile west of Bremer in 1902.[3]
Bremer's population was 25 in 1887,[4] was 30 in 1902,[5] was 52 in 1917,[6] and was 30 in 1925.[7]
In 1990 and 1992, RAGBRAI, a statewide bicycle ride, passed through Bremer.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Magee, Dennis. "Crossroads: Bremer is a town that never was". Waterloo Courier. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Bremer Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Grawe, Joseph F. (1914). History of Bremer County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 224.
- ^ Cram, George Franklin (1887). Cram's Universal Atlas: Geographical, Astronomical and Historical, Containing a Complete Series of Maps of Modern Geography, Illustrated by Numerous Views and Charts ; the Whole Supplemented with Valuable Statistics, Diagrams, and a Complete Gazetteer of the United States. G.F. Cram. pp. 367–369.
- ^ Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
- ^ Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. 1925. p. 190.