Editing Lenox, Iowa (section)

==History==
Lenox was established in 1872, following construction of the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] through the territory.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crosson, Frank E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VI0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA209 |title=History of Taylor County, Iowa: From the Earliest Historic Times to 1910 |publisher=Walsworth Publishing Company |year=1910 |pages=209 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=City of Lenox |url=https://lenoxia.com/}}</ref> The settlement was incorporated on July 2, 1875.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Incorporated Cities |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf}}</ref>

According to ''[[The Des Moines Register]]'', residents of Lenox and nearby [[New Market, Iowa|New Market]] in [[Taylor County, Iowa|Taylor County]] recall [[sundown town]] ordinances to restrict the presence of people of color.<ref name="Kilen">{{Cite news |last=Kilen |first=Mike |date=January 22, 2006 |title=Racism Lurking at Sundown |newspaper=[[The Des Moines Register]] |page=E1}}</ref> Helen Janson, Taylor County Historical Society president, stated, "Lenox was violently opposed to blacks. It was well-known."<ref name="Kilen" />