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Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States

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Elevation

1,010 ft (310 m)

Knittel, Iowa
unincorporated community
Knittel, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°42′55″N 92°15′31″W / 42.71528°N 92.25861°W / 42.71528; -92.25861
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Bremer
Elevation	1,010 ft (310 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

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

Knittel lies at the junction of Iowa Highway 3 and County Road V43. It is two miles northwest of Readlyn.

History

Knittel was founded in Maxfield Township. According to a history of Bremer County, "the town of Knittel was named in honor of" John Knittel, born in Swabia in 1838.^[1] The Knittel post office opened on January 30, 1885.^[2]

Knittel's population was 25 in 1887,^[3] was 22 in 1902,^[4] and was 26 in 1917.^[5] Knittel's population had increased to 45 in 1925,^[6] but the town's fortunes began to decline after that.

The Knittel post office closed on January 14, 1905.^[2]

The Knittel school operated in the community circa 1900.^[7]

The gravel road between Knittel and Tripoli was paved with blacktop in 1957, as part of Bremer County's road improvement project.^[8]

References

↑ Grawe, Joseph F. (1914). History of Bremer County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 262.
1 2 "GNIS Detail - Knittel Post Office (historical)". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
↑ 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.
↑ "Cedar Falls News". Waterloo Daily Courier. April 14, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
↑ "Road Improvement Program in County for Year Revised, May 22, 1957, p. 1". Tripoli Leader. May 22, 1957. Retrieved August 12, 2021.

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
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