Bremen

History

Bremen was platted and laid out in 1851. A large portion of the early settlers being natives of Germany caused the name Bremen to be selected. The Bremen Water Tower and Dietrich-Bowen House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Bremen is located in northeastern Marshall County at . It is at an elevation of . U.S. Route 6 passes through the north side of the town on a bypass; it leads east to Nappanee and west to Walkerton. Indiana State Road 331 passes through the center of Bremen on North Bowen Avenue and Plymouth Street; it leads north to Mishawaka and south to Bourbon. State Road 106 passes east to west through the center of Bremen on Plymouth Street and Douglas Road. Plymouth, the Marshall county seat, is to the southwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bremen has a total area of , of which , or 0.14%, are water. The Yellow River, here near its headwaters, passes along the western edge of the town, flowing south and west toward the Kankakee River, part of the Illinois River watershed.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,486
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,364
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,343
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  1,212
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,195
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,169
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  991
• White-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta carolinensis Latham, 1790 · Aves
  966

Most recent

• M 3 — 2012-01-26
  5 km NE of Topeka, Indiana