Bremer County

administration
The Bremer County Courthouse in Waverly, listed on NRHP No. 03000821
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Waverly
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 415 East Bremer Avenue Waverly, IA 50677-3536
Foundation :	January 24, 1853
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 319
Demographics
Residents :	24,276 (2010)
Population density :	21.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1139 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : www.co.bremer.ia.us

The Bremer County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 24,276 residents and a population density of 21.4 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population increased to 24,624. The county seat is Waverly .

geography

The county is located in northeastern Iowa and covers an area of 1,139 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water.

The county is traversed in the west by the Cedar River , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Iowa River . The Wapsipinicon River , which also flows into the Mississippi, flows through the east of the county .

The following neighboring counties border Bremer County:

Floyd County	Chickasaw County
Butler County		Fayette County
	Black Hawk County	Buchanan County

history

Fredrika Bremer. Painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg (1843)

Bremer County was formed on January 24, 1853 from territory that was designated as free - but actually populated by Indians . It was named after the Swedish author and women's rights activist Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865). This makes Bremer County the only one in Iowa that was named after a person from literature.

The city of Waverly, which has existed since 1850, was the first administrative seat, which, unlike many other counties in Iowa, has never changed.

The first courthouse, a small one-story house, was built in 1851. As early as 1858 this was replaced by a larger brick building. Since this building was no longer up to the gradually increasing tasks, another building was built next to it in 1870. Both buildings were demolished in 1937 and a larger building was erected in their place.

In 1975 the sheriff's office and prison were moved to a separate building.

In 2003 the Bremer County celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4915	-
1870	12,528	154.9%
1880	14,081	12.4%
1890	14,680	4.3%
1900	16.305	11.1%
1910	15,843	-2.8%
1920	16,728	5.6%
1930	17,046	1.9%
1940	17,932	5.2%
1950	18,884	5.3%
1960	21,108	11.8%
1970	22,737	7.7%
1980	24,820	9.2%
1990	22,813	-8.1%
2000	23,325	2.2%
2010	24,276	4.1%
2013 estimate	24,624	1.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

population

According to the 2010 census , there were 24,276 people in 9,609 households in Bremer County. The population density was 21.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.32 people lived in the 9609 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 54,482 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,493. 7.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in Bremer County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Black Hawk County

2 - partly in Fayette County}

structure

Bremer County is divided into 14 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Dayton Township	380	19-90900
Douglas Township	388	19-91032
Franklin Township	429	19-91389
Frederika Township	363	19-91440
Fremont Township	1709	19-91458
Jackson Township	1446	19-92097
Jefferson Township	3148	19-92205

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Lafayette Township	618	19-92334
Le Roy Township	189	19-92424
Maxfield Township	1314	19-92898
Polk Township	922	19-93441
Sumner No. 2 township	322	19-94059
Warren Township	561	19-94425
Washington Township	607	19-94455

The cities of Sumner and Waverly do not belong to any township.

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 16, 2018

↑ Bremer County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 14, 2011.

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bremer County, IA. Retrieved October 27, 2014

↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 27, 2014

↑ Bremer County, Iowa - History (from 1965 Bremer County Atlas, Kathy Thoms, Bremer County Director of Finance & Management 2002) ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 21, 2011 @1@ 2