Remer, Minnesota Facts for Kids

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City
Remer Library (Former Soo Line Depot)
Location of Remer within Cass County, Minnesota
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cass
Area
• Total	1.33 sq mi (3.44 km²)
• Land	1.33 sq mi (3.44 km²)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Elevation	1,332 ft (406 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	391
• Density	294.21/sq mi (113.62/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56672
Area code(s)	218
FIPS code	27-53782
GNIS feature ID	2396347

Remer is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 391 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Minnesota State Highways 6 and 200 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.

History
Geography
Demographics
- 2010 census
Records
See also

History

A post office called Remer has been in operation since 1904. The city was named for its first postmaster, William P. Remer.

Remer is also the location of the Thunder Lake Lodge, where Al Capone stayed on his vacations to Minnesota. The room he stayed in was named McCleary Cabin, which was originally built in 1912. In 2009, a motion-activated camera captured a picture of what some consider Bigfoot in an area near Remer.

Late in World War II, a logging camp manned by prisoners of war was at the site of an old CCC camp near Remer.

Up until 1959, the Soo Line provided passenger rail service at Remer station.

The town claims to have had Bigfoot sightings since the late 1800s, and holds a Bigfoot Days celebration each summer. The All Gas No Brakes series released a video documenting the 2020 festival.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 1.38 square miles (3.57 km²), all land. The elevation is 1,342 ft (409 m) above sea level.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1920	290	—
1930	263	−9.3%
1940	407	54.8%
1950	412	1.2%
1960	492	19.4%
1970	403	−18.1%
1980	396	−1.7%
1990	342	−13.6%
2000	372	8.8%
2010	370	−0.5%
2020	391	5.7%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 370 people, 175 households, and 95 families living in the city. The population density was 268.1 inhabitants per square mile (103.5/km²). There were 208 housing units at an average density of 150.7 per square mile (58.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.8% White, 1.9% Native American, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 175 households, of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.3% were married couples living together, 17.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 45.7% were non-families. 38.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.85.

The median age in the city was 43.5 years. 22.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.5% were from 45 to 64; and 21.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.8% male and 53.2% female.