Bertram, IA

Bertram is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 269 residents. Bertram is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. John Bertram, who was instrumental in bringing the railroad there. The short version is that Bertram carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Bertram: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Located on the Union Pacific Railroad main line, which has a nearby large trestle over Big Creek, the city is primarily a bedroom community of Cedar Rapids. Bertram is also close to Palisades-Kepler State Park.