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from WikipediaRead it all ↗Pierson was platted in 1883 and the original owners were the Railroad Land Co. The city might have been named for Moses Pearson a pioneer settler. Pierson originally only had eight blocks of land and new additions began being added in July 1892. Railroads were important to the growth of northwest Iowa, which includes Pierson, due to it carrying lumber and other material for expansion. Lumberyards were a major business in the early days of Pierson with the earliest such company being founded in 1883 as the Joyce Lumber Company. The newspaper Pierson Press was published from 1882, a year before being platted, until 1957. John C. Pierson was the mayor from 1898 to 1905.
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Nothing in Pierson is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Pierson has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is George A. and Mary Tinkel Bailey House in Correctionville, 6 miles away.
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