Editing Irwin, Iowa (section)

==History==
The Western Town Lot Company established Irwin in 1881.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk40AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA264 | title=Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=White, Edward Speer | year=1915 | pages=264}}</ref>  The town was named for E. W. Irwin, the property owner.<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=PA87|year=1908|page=87}}</ref>  Irwin was incorporated in 1892.<ref>{{cite book | last = Savage | first = Tom | title = A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names | publisher = University of Iowa Press | year = 2007 | isbn = 9781587297595 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=DxagLIZHNv4C&lpg=PA66&dq=Cylinder%2C%20Iowa&pg=PR4}}</ref>

In 1963, two [[United States Air Force]] [[Boeing B-47 Stratojet|B-47E]] [[Strategic bomber|bombers]] based at [[Schilling Air Force Base]] near [[Salina, Kansas]], collided over western Iowa on August 19 and [[Boeing B-47 Stratojet#Accidents and incidents|crashed]] several miles apart near Irwin. All&nbsp;six crewman ejected, but three were killed.<ref name=jbbcol>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2OdXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2332%2C1371252 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Jet bombers collide; two crewman die |date=August 20, 1963 |page=1}}</ref>