CEDAR COUNTY

Clarence

CLARENCE	Pop. 700 Alt. 825	Control, Clarence Motor Co.
Clinton 46.9	Cedar Rapids 33.1	One hotel, 4 garages, 2 banks, 1 railroad, 32 general business places, express company, telephone company, 1 newspaper. Free camp opposite hotel, good water and lights. Cooled drinking water at bank corner.
Graded Dirt		L.H. Local Consul, R.O. Hoyer, First National Bank

- A Complete Official Road Guide of The LINCOLN HIGHWAY Fifth Edition (1924)

Clarence.
As in Calamus, the Lincoln Highway entered Clarence from the southeast. After the construction of U.S. Highway 30 bounding the towns on the north, the old highway became the "back door." This scene is 7th Avenue. At the north end of 7th Avenue, the highway intersects with U.S. 30 to continue west to Wheatland.

Clarence.
The City Hall building today sits on U.S. 30.

"Clarence is a charming little town today. There is a little grocery store called Lange's on the south side of the street just west of the turn. Small town grocery stores have a smell all their own. From the looks of things this one is the antithesis of the modern supermarket, but it is absolutely charming and is well worth the visit.

The 1924 Guide established 'control' points in each town, from which distances to the next town were measured. In Clarence the control was the leading garage, Clarence Motor Co. It is now the Prairie Rose Bar, a block west of Lange's on the north side of the street."

- Greg Franzwa, The Lincoln Highway: Iowa, The Patrice Press, 1995.