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Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

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Elevation

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1,030 ft (310 m)

Bremer, Iowa
unincorporated community
Bremer, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°46′24″N 92°23′42″W / 42.77333°N 92.39500°W / 42.77333; -92.39500
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Bremer
Elevation ^[1]	1,030 ft (310 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	454816^[1]

Bremer is an unincorporated community in Warren Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.

Bremer is located at the junction of County Roads C33 and C21.^[2]

History

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.^[3]

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.^[2]

The Schrodermeier School was built one mile west of Bremer in 1902.^[4]

Bremer's population was 25 in 1887,^[5] was 30 in 1902,^[6] was 52 in 1917,^[7] and was 30 in 1925.^[8] The population was estimated at 200 in 1940.^[9]

In 1990 and 1992, RAGBRAI, a statewide bicycle ride, passed through Bremer.^[2]

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bremer, Iowa
1 2 3 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.
↑ The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 294.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Bremer County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Waverly
Cities	Denver Frederika Janesville‡ Plainfield Readlyn Sumner‡ Tripoli Waverly	Map of Iowa highlighting Bremer County
Townships	Dayton Douglas Franklin Frederika Fremont Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Le Roy Maxfield Polk Sumner No. 2 Warren Washington
Unincorporated community	Artesian Bremer Horton Siegel Wapsie
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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