Traer, named for Traer, Iowa, was surveyed and platted In March 1888. Traer is located 10 miles northwest of Oberlin on the Beaver Creek and the Burlington railroad. Traer, like Cedar Bluffs, has suffered the ravages of economic changes. It will remain a shipping point, no-doubt,as long as the railroad operates.

That Traer was once a busy, prosperous little village is disclosed by an article found in a Topeka  paper. Wheat shipment out of  Traer the last crop so far aggregate 80 car loads or about 120,000 bushel s. It is the biggest business the B. and M. Railroad has handled here in the history of the town. There have also been shipped out 15 cars of hay. The cream industry amounts to 120 cans monthly and 200 cases or eggs are sold.