Wever, Iowa

Wever, Iowa
—  Unincorporated community  —
Building in Wever
Wever, Iowa
Location within the state of Iowa
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Iowa
County Lee
Elevation 561 ft (171 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 52658
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID 462957[1]

Wever is an unincorporated community in northeastern Lee County, Iowa, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 61 northeast of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County.[2] Its elevation is 561 feet (171 m).[1] Although Wever is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 52658,[3] 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.[4] The community is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

References

  1. ^ a b "Wever, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:462957. 
  2. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 39.
  3. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wever Post Office
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