Waverly, Iowa Waverly, Iowa Waverly, Iowa Waverly, Iowa Location of Waverly, Iowa Location of Waverly, Iowa Waverly, Iowa is positioned in the US Waverly, Iowa - Waverly, Iowa Website Waverly, Iowa Waverly is a town/city in Bremer County, Iowa, United States.
The sister town/city of Waverly is the German town/city of Eisenach, which is famous for the Wartburg castle.
Waverly is also the home of Wartburg College which is titled after this castle.
1 Early Waverly history Early Waverly history The first permanent inhabitants of Waverly were settled there against their will.
Frederick Cretzmeyer is credited with being the first settler in Waverly, having purchased 160 acres (0.6 km2) in 1852, he assembled a log hut on the east side of the Cedar River (or what was once called the Red Cedar River).
William Patterson Harmon came to Waverly in the spring of 1853 with the idea of establishing a town and a saw mill.
He purchased most of what is now Waverly from the United States Government for $1.25 an acre.
The first graduating class of the Waverly High School was the class of 1875 with two students.
Wartburg College moved to Waverly from Clinton, Iowa in 1856.
In 2014, the Waverly East Bremer Avenue Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waverly's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.726530, 92.475366. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.51 square miles (29.81 km2), of which, 11.01 square miles (28.52 km2) of it is territory and 0.50 square miles (1.29 km2) is water. Waverly historical populace As of the census of 2010, there were 9,874 citizens , 3,546 homeholds, and 2,294 families residing in the city.
There were 3,546 homeholds of which 29.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 54.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 2.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.3% were non-families.
20.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 21.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.9% were from 25 to 44; 21.5% were from 45 to 64; and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,968 citizens , 3,238 homeholds, and 2,143 families residing in the city.
Wartburg College, maintained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is a four-year liberal-arts college in Waverly that opened in 1852.
Waverly-Shell Rock School District is made of seven schools including four elementary schools, a middle school (grades 5 through 8), and a high school. The precinct strives "to problematic a passion for learning that will sustain students for a lifetime". In the 2005 06 school year this precinct had 2,020 K-12 students of whom 1,823 were regular education students and 197 special education students.
Major employers in Waverly include CUNA Mutual Group, Waverly Health Center, Wartburg College, Nestle Beverage, Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District, Peoples Insurance Agency, and the GMT Corporation. The City of Waverly has a mayor council form of government.
The town/city has a experienced town/city administrator that is hired by the town/city council.
Waverly's police department consists of sixteen officers. Waverly is a prestige in the use of renewable energy.
In 1993 Waverly Light & Power Company became the first enhance power fitness in the Midwest to own and operate wind generation.
Waverly Light & Power has also been instrumental in evolution of soybean based transformer oil.
Waverly Health Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital in Waverly.
Waverly Health Center provides inpatient care, ambulatory surgery, outpatient services, specialty clinics and emergency room care to region residents.
More than 50 community care providers and visiting specialists care for patients at Waverly Health Center, allowing region residents small-town access to specialized care. Waverly Health Center is accredited by the Joint Commission. Waverly may have the highest nationwide per capita concentration of ordained Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) clergy.
One estimate in the 1990s suggested Waverly had 37 ordained ELCA clergy, with a populace of about 9,000.
Waverly is also home to St.
Hawkeye (comics), also known as Clint Barton is a fictional superhero from the Marvel universe Born in Waverly, Iowa.
Kuethe, American historian and specialist in Latin American studies born in Waverly in 1940 John Sladek (1937 2000) science fiction, mystery and non-fiction author secondary origin supporting relationship to Waverly Mingo (musician), musician, composer and Grammy member, claims Waverly as his hometown The fictional biography of Hawkeye, a Marvel Comics character who is part of the Avengers (comics) superhero group, puts his place of birth in Waverly, Iowa.
The film Ice Castles and its 2010 remake also features Waverly, Iowa as one of its locales including being the hometown of the protagonists.
"National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Waverly East Bremer Avenue Commercial Historic District" (PDF).
City of Waverly Audit Report for FY 2012 City of Waverly.
Waverly Police Department, City of Waverly.
Welcome to the Waverly Volunteer Fire Department, City of Waverly.
"Waverly Health Center".
"Summary of Accreditation Quality Information - Waverly Health Center".
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