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Gaastra is a city in Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 347, making it Michigan’s third-smallest incorporated city by population after Omer (259) and Lake Angelus (290).

Gaastra city overview:
Name:	Gaastra city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Iron County
Elevation:	1,621 ft (494 m)
Total Area:	1.64 sq mi (4.24 km²)
Land Area:	1.64 sq mi (4.24 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	316
Population Density:	193.15/sq mi (74.60/km²)
ZIP code:	49927
Area code:	906
FIPS code:	2631160
GNISfeature ID:	0626580

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Gaastra online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

The land was first purchased in 1879 by Alfred Kidder of Marquette. The land was transferred to a number of other owners, Andrew Young (1884), Ediwn H. Piper (1902). The city is named after Douwe Gaastra, a building contractor and real estate speculator who bought the land in October 1908 and platted the town. A post office was established with the first postmaster being Olaf A. Olson on September 26, 1914. It was incorporated as a village in 1919 and as a city in 1949. Olson retired as postmaster in 1953.