Wapsie was founded one mile west of the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.
The Wapsie post office opened on October 10, 1890, and closed on January 14, 1905.[3]
Wapsie's population was 25 in 1887,[4] was 27 in 1902,[5] and was 21 in 1917.[6]
The community of Wapsie in Bremer County is not to be confused with the town of Bailey, formerly known as Wapsie, in Mitchell County; both communities were near the Wapsipinicon River, but in different parts of the state. Wapsie has also been spelled Wapsi.[7]
References
^Howe, Samuel Storrs; Parvin, Theodore Sutton; Lloyd, Frederick; Huff, Sanford W.; Aldrich, Charles; Harlan, Edgar Rubey (1929). Annals of Iowa. Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives. p. 450.
^Iowa Atlas and Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: Garmin, Ltd. 2021. p. 31.