Wapsie, Iowa Explained
| Official Name: | Wapsie, Iowa |
| Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bremer |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1030 |
| Coordinates: | 42.715°N -92.1994°W |
| Blank Info: | 464111 |
Wapsie is an unincorporated community in Franklin Township in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
Geography
Wapsi is in section 6 of Franklin Township.[1] It is at the junction of Sable Avenue and Iowa Highway 3 (230th Street).[2]
History
Wapsie was founded one mile west of the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.The Wapsie post office opened on October 10, 1890, and closed on January 14, 1905.[3]
Wapsie's population was 25 in 1887,[4] was 27 in 1902,[5] and was 21 in 1917.[6]
The community of Wapsie in Bremer County is not to be confused with the town of Bailey, formerly known as Wapsie, in Mitchell County; both communities were near the Wapsipinicon River, but in different parts of the state. Wapsie has also been spelled Wapsi.[7]
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Notes and References
- Book: Howe . Samuel Storrs . Annals of Iowa . Parvin . Theodore Sutton . Lloyd . Frederick . Huff . Sanford W. . Aldrich . Charles . Harlan . Edgar Rubey . 1929 . Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives . 450 . en.
- Book: Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer . 2021 . Garmin, Ltd . Yarmouth, ME . 31.
- Web site: GNIS Detail - Wapsie Post Office (historical) . 2021-07-25 . geonames.usgs.gov.
- Book: Cram, George Franklin . 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 . 1887 . G.F. Cram . 367–369 . en.
- Book: Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition . 1902 . J. R. Gray & Company . 203–207 . en.
- Book: Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases . 63–66.
- Book: Grawe, Joseph F. . History of Bremer County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement . 1914 . S. J. Clarke publishing Company . 240 . en.
