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Bremer County, Iowa

I have no books which are specifically for this County, but most counties are included in the Iowa statewide books

Periodicals

History of Willow Lawn Cemetery (Autumn 1992 Hawkeye Heritage)

BREMER COUNTY was organized from a portion of the extensive territory at one time embraced in the original county of Fayette. It lies in the third tier west of the Mississippi River, in the third tier south of the Minnesota line and contains but twelve townships six miles square, giving it an area of about four hundred thirty-two square miles. In 1845 Charles McCaffrey of Scott County made a claim in the valley of the Cedar River at the "Big Woods," near where the village of Jefferson stands. He built a cabin and opened a farm and during the year other claims were made in that vicinity by George Beeler, Andrew Sample, J. H. Messenger and others. The early settlements were within the limits of the Winnebago reservation and the last of the Indians remained until 1851. In 1850 Jacob Hess and Frederick Cretzmeyer settled on the west side of the Cedar River where the town of Waverly stands.
     The county was established in 1851 by act of the General Assembly and at the suggestion of General A. K. Eaton, then a member from Delaware County, was named for the Swedish author Frederika Bremer. It was first attached to Buchanan County for revenue, election and judicial purposes. In 1853 William P. Hamon settled on the east bank of the Cedar River and laid out the town of Waverly. A log farm was built across the river, a sawmill and log hotel erected. The commissioners located the county-seat the same year at the new town. John T. Barrick located six miles south of Waverly in the spring of 1853 and laid out the town of Janesville, named for his wife, Jane. This was the first town laid out in the county and there the first newspaper was established in 1855, named the Bremer County Herald and published by Phineas V. Swan. The county was organized in 1853 and had at that time but eighty-two voters. The first officers were Jeremiah Ferris, county judge; Austin Ferris, sheriff; John Hunter, treasurer; and Herman A. Miles, clerk.
     The first newspaper at Waverly was established on the 6th of March, 1856, by Herman A. Miles and was called the Waverly Republican. Richard Miles taught the first school in the county in 1853 in a log house in Jefferson township. Judge Thomas S. Wilson held the first term of court at Waverly in June, 1854.

Source: History of Iowa: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Benjamin F. Gue. New York: The Century History Co. 1903 #

Place Names

Artesian

populated place

Bremer

populated place

Buck Creek

populated place

Denver

populated place

Frederika

populated place

Horton

populated place

Janesville

populated place

Klinger

populated place

Knittel

populated place

Miner

populated place

Old Tripoli

populated place

Plainfield

populated place

Readlyn

populated place

Roxie

populated place

Seigel

populated place

Spring Fountain

populated place

Sumner

populated place

Tripoli

populated place

Wapsie

populated place

Waverly

populated place

Waverly Junction

populated place

Alcock Cemetery

cemetery

Andrews Cemetery

cemetery

County Farm Cemetery

cemetery

Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Fairview Cemetery

cemetery

Faith Cemetery

cemetery

Frederika Township Cemetery

cemetery

Fremont Cemetery

cemetery

Grace Cemetery

cemetery

Grove Hill Cemetery

cemetery

Harlington Cemetery

cemetery

Horton Cemetery

cemetery

Jackson Cemetery

cemetery

Jefferson Cemetery

cemetery

Le Roy Township Cemetery

cemetery

Mentor Cemetery

cemetery

Mount Calvary Cemetery

cemetery

Mount Olivet Cemetery

cemetery

Oakland Cemetery

cemetery

Pilot Mound Cemetery

cemetery

Pinhook Cemetery

cemetery

Saint John Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Josephs Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Marys Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Mathews Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Paul Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Pauls Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Pauls Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Pauls Lutheran Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Pauls United Church of Christ Cemetery

cemetery

Saint Peter Cemetery

cemetery

Spencer Cemetery (historical)

cemetery

Spring Lake Cemetery

cemetery

Union Mound Cemetery

cemetery

Walling Cemetery (historical)

cemetery

Warren Cemetery

cemetery

Warren Evangelical Cemetery

cemetery

Waverly Junction Cemetery

cemetery

Willow Lawn Cemetery

cemetery

Wilson Grove Cemetery

cemetery

Zion Cemetery

cemetery

Zions Cemetery

cemetery

Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene

church

Denver Baptist Church

church

Faith Evangelical Church

church

Faith United Church of Christ

church

First Baptist Church

church

First Baptist Church

church

First Baptist Church

church

Frederika Methodist Church

church

Grace Baptist Church

church

Grace Lutheran Church

church

Horton Baptist Church

church

Immaculate Conception Church

church

Immanuel Lutheran Church

church

Messiah Lutheran Church

church

Methodist Church

church

Open Bible Church

church

Peace United Church of Christ

church

Redeemer Lutheran Church

church

Saint Andrews Episcopal Church

church

Saint Johannes Church

church

Saint John Church

church

Saint John Church

church

Saint John Lutheran Church

church

Saint John Lutheran Church

church

Saint Johns Lutheran Church

church

Saint Johns Lutheran Church

church

Saint Johns Lutheran Church

church

Saint Marys Church

church

Saint Matthews Church

church

Saint Paul Church

church

Saint Paul United Church of Christ

church

Saint Pauls Church

church

Saint Pauls Church

church

Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church

church

Saint Pauls Lutheran Church

church

Saint Pauls Lutheran Church

church

Saint Peter Lutheran Church

church

Seed of Life Family Church

church

Siegel Saint Paul Church

church

Trinity United Methodist Church

church

United Methodist Church

church

United Methodist Church

church

Warren Church

church

West Douglas Church

church

Zion Lutheran Church

church

Denver (historical)

locale

Denver Junction (historical)

locale

Sumner (historical)

locale

Tripoli (historical)

locale

Wilson Grove (historical)

locale

Fort John (historical)

military

Fort Barrick alias Fort John Historical Marker

park

Artesian Post Office (historical)

post office

Breckenridge Post Office (historical)

post office

Bremer Post Office (historical)

post office

Buckcreek Post Office (historical)

post office

Dayton Post Office (historical)

post office

Denver Post Office

post office

Dickey Post Office (historical)

post office

Frederika Post Office

post office

Grove Hill Post Office (historical)

post office

Horton Post Office (historical)

post office

Jackson Point Post Office (historical)

post office

Janesville Post Office

post office

Key Post Office (historical)

post office

Klinger Post Office (historical)

post office

Knittel Post Office (historical)

post office

Knott Post Office (historical)

post office

Leroy Post Office (historical)

post office

Maxfield Post Office (historical)

post office

Mentor Post Office (historical)

post office

Phillipston Post Office (historical)

post office

Plainfield Post Office

post office

Pony Post Office (historical)

post office

Readlyn Post Office

post office

Roxie Post Office (historical)

post office

Seigel Post Office (historical)

post office

Spring Lake Post Office (historical)

post office

Sumner Post Office

post office

Tripoli Post Office

post office

Wapsie Post Office (historical)

post office

Waverly Junction Post Office (historical)

post office

Waverly Post Office

post office

Dayton, Township of

township

Douglas, Township of

township

Franklin, Township of

township

Frederika, Township of

township

Fremont, Township of

township

Jackson, Township of

township

Jefferson, Township of

township

Lafayette, Township of

township

Le Roy, Township of

township

Maxfield, Township of

township

Polk, Township of

township

Sumner No. 2, Township of

township

Sumner, City of

township

Warren, Township of

township

Washington, Township of

township

Waverly, City of

township

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