Editing Doon, Iowa (section)

==History==
[[Image:Main Street, Doon, IA.jpg|thumb|left|Main Street in 1922]]
Located on a [[plateau]] on the eastern bank of the [[Rock River (Big Sioux River)|Rock River]], the city was named after the [[River Doon]] in Scotland,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n102 108]}}</ref> made famous as the subject of [[Robert Burns]]' poem, "[[The Banks O' Doon]]". Doon was first settled in 1869 by a small group of settlers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} Doon, Iowa |url=https://www.cityofdoon.com/site/about/ |access-date=2025-04-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> Founded by G. W. Bowers and A. H. Davison on September 6, 1889, the [[railway town]] was connected first by the Rock Valley Railway, followed by the Iowa & Dakota Railroad. The city was incorporated on March 8, 1892.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pate |first=Paul |title=List of Incorporated Cities |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf}}</ref>