The City of Warba, Minnesota
The City of Warba, Minnesota
The City of Warba, population 183, is located fourteen miles east of Grand Rapids on Highway 2 in Itasca County. Warba is a pleasant community offering essential services such as a City maintained water and sewer system, a well-organized volunteer fire department, and a new community center building. Warba supports a variety of commercial businesses including an eight-room motel, post office, and a sporting clay and hunting preserve range.
Warba offers residents an opportunity to enjoy the unique quality of life associated with rural northern Minnesota. There are numerous lakes within a three-mile radius of Warba, plus swimming beaches, a local ball field, a family park, an outdoor hockey rink, and outstanding hunting and fishing.
Warba History
WARBA, a city in Feeley Township, was incorporated as a village in 1911. A logging site named Siding No. 8, also known as Dickson's Spur for a timber man named Dickson, existed 1891-98 and changed its name to Verna. Verna was located side by side with the village of Feeley (also known as Feeley's Spur), named for the sawmill owner Thomas J. Feeley (died in Duluth May 24, 1935), which was platted in 1904. The Feeley post office operated 1901-10, at which time the U.S. Post Office Department thought Feeley was too close to Foley, and a contest to rename the village was held; Archibald Andrew Hall won, selecting the Indian word
warbasibi, which has been variously interpreted as "resting place" or "white swan," the latter being Wabiziwa or Waiba, converted to Warba; the Great Northern Railway changed the depot name from Verna to Warba, thus both Verna and Feeley became Warba.
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Itasca County at a Glance
The City of Warba is located in Itasca County. Over 40,000 citizens welcome you to Itasca County. Boasting an astonishing 1,000 lakes, miles of rivers and streams, and thousands of acres of forestland, Itasca County has earned a reputation as a premier recreation destination. The County has been building an equally appealing reputation as a business destination. Businesses considering the area will find suitable and affordable land, an educated, skilled and dedicated work force, and a receptive political environment ready to accommodate the needs of expanding and/or developing businesses. All types of business have found success in Itasca County including manufacturing, retail sales and service. In today's electronic age, businesses in Itasca County have proven competitive on a global scale, while preserving the high quality of life and small town family values unique to rural northern Minnesota.
The population of Warba at last census was 183.
The approximate number of families at that time was 69.
The amount of land area in Warba is 3.194596 square miles or 8.274 sq.
kilometers
The amount of surface water is 0.061776 square miles or 0.16 square kilometers
The distance from Warba to Washington DC is 1029 miles ("as
the crow flies"). The distance to
the Minnesota state capital of St. Paul is 149 miles. ("as
the crow flies")
Warba is positioned 47.13 degrees north of the equator and 93.27 degrees west of
the prime meridian.