Remer, Minnesota
| Remer, Minnesota | |
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| City | |
 Location of Remer within Cass County, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 47°3′21″N 93°54′50″W / 47.05583°N 93.91389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Cass |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km2) |
| • Land | 1.38 sq mi (3.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,342 ft (409 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 370 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 363 |
| • Density | 268.1/sq mi (103.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 56672 |
| Area code(s) | 218 |
| FIPS code | 27-53782 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0658015 |
Remer is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 370 at the 2010 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.
Remer is known as the "home of Bigfoot" and was featured on an episode of Finding Bigfoot.
A post office called Remer has been in operation since 1904. The city was named for its first postmaster, William P. Remer.
Late in World War Two, a logging camp manned by prisoners of war was located at the site of an old CCC camp near Remer.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.38 square miles (3.57 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,342 ft (409 m) above sea level.
Remer is also the location of the Thunder Lake Lodge where Al Capone would stay 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 to be Bigfoot in an area near Remer, MN. Since then, Remer has been known as the Bigfoot capital of the world.
As of the census of 2010, there were 370 people, 175 households, and 95 families residing 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.
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