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==History== Andover was [[plat]]ted in 1886, and incorporated as a town in 1910.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/wolfeshistorycl00wolfgoog | title=Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B. F. Bowen | author=Wolfe, Patrick B. | year=1911 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/wolfeshistorycl00wolfgoog/page/n267 251]}}</ref> It was named by a railroad official after [[Andover, Vermont]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37|year=1908|page=37}}</ref> Andover's population was 83 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 76 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=292 |language=en}}</ref>
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