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Wever
IowaCDP
Wever
Total population
142
Median home value
$311,100
Bachelor's+
Median income
$43,750
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Wever is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northeastern Lee County, in the southeastern corner of Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 101.
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History
Wever was a station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Although Wever is unincorporated, it has a post office, which opened on May 1, 1837. This post office has a complicated name history: it opened as 'Sand Ridge', changed to 'Green Bay' on September 17, 1849, to 'Jollyville' on January 28, 1859, and finally to Wever on October 17, 1870. Its ZIP code is 52658.
Geography
Wever lies along U.S. Route 61, approximately eight miles northeast of the city of Fort Madison, one of two county seats in Lee County. It is just South of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and the Skunk River, which empties further east into the Mississippi River. Its elevation is 561 feet (171 m).
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Wever, IA from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Fort Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · Fort Madison · 695 students · 13.9:1 ratio
- Fort Madison High SchoolHigh · Fort Madison · 555 students · 15.4:1 ratio
- Richardson Elementary SchoolElementary · Fort Madison · 311 students · 11.1:1 ratio
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · Fort Madison · 236 students · 13.9:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
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Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Iowa
- Augusta4.7 mi away · pop. 26
- Denmark6.1 mi away · pop. 835
- West Burlington8.5 mi away
- Burlington8.9 mi away · pop. 23,728
- Beaverdale10 mi away · pop. 910
- West Point11.8 mi away
- Montrose16 mi away
- Donnellson18.1 mi away · pop. 776
- Sandusky19.7 mi away
- Houghton20.7 mi away · pop. 72
- Mediapolis21.2 mi away · pop. 1,928
- Kingston21.2 mi away · pop. 77
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Books about Wever
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
