Bauer, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
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Bauer is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.
Bauer, Iowa | |
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  Bauer  Bauer | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′14″N 93°18′26″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Marion County |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 454390[1] |
Geography
It is located in the western part of Dallas Township, in the northwest corner of section 20.[2]
History
Bauer was founded in the 1800s; no plat was ever recorded. By 1919, Bauer was "a little hamlet in the western part of Dallas Township, about twenty miles southwest of Knoxville".[2]
Bauer was named for a local settler. It grew up around St. Joseph's Catholic Church,[2] which was founded in Bauer in 1853 and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Joseph's Catholic School of Bauer was founded in 1904. By 1919, it had 72 students.[3]
The community's population was 20 in 1890,[4] 25 in 1900,[5] and 20 in 1920.[6]
