Wever, IA

Wever is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Lee County, in the southeastern corner of Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 101 residents. Wever was a station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Although Wever is unincorporated, it has a post office, which opened on May 1, 1837. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Wever, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Wever, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Wever lies along U.S. Route 61, approximately eight miles northeast of Fort Madison, one of two county seats in Lee County. Wever is just South of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and the Skunk River, which empties further east into the Mississippi River.