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Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ulmer is an unincorporated community in Sac County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.[1]
The community is located near the junction of U.S. Route 71 and County Road D-59.[1]
Ulmer was platted on November 21, 1900 by Carrie and W.T. Martin. The community was established on the Illinois Central Railroad.[2]
A post office was established at Ulmer in 1901,[3] alongside the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad. The Farmers State Savings Bank of Ulmer was founded in 1911. Circa 1914, Ulmer was also the site of a dry goods and grocery store, a hardware and grocery store, a blacksmithing shop, a grain elevator, a lumber company, a stock dealer, an implement store, and a pool hall. The only church was the Presbyterian church.[2]
In 1914, historian William H. Hart stated that Ulmer had made "a fine growth in its few years of existence." Ulmer's population was 127 in 1925,[4] and was 53 in 1940.[5]
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