Editing Luther, Iowa (section)

==History==
A post office has been in operation at Luther since 1883.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IA&county=Boone | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref> Luther was laid out as a town in 1893.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jX4UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA264 | title=History of Boone County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=Pioneer Publishing Company | author=Goldthwait, Nathan Edward | year=1914 | pages=264}}</ref>  The community was named after Clark Luther, a local merchant.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612044810/http://www.boonecounty.iowa.gov/about-us/county-history | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 June 2017 | title=County History | publisher=Boone County | accessdate=24 March 2018}}</ref>

On September 11, 2014, the Luther City Council accepted a petition from 58 residents asking that the city be discontinued.  There are several steps in the discontinuation process, including approval or disapproval of the petition by the City Development Board.  If the Board approves, a public referendum on discontinuation could be held in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrepublican.com/news/local/luther-residents-taking-steps-toward-discontinuance-town.html|title=Luther residents taking steps toward discontinuance of town|last=Sager|first=Whitney|date=September 9, 2014|work=Boone News-Republican|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsrepublican.com/news/local/potential-solution-luther%E2%80%99s-problems.html|title=A potential solution to Luther's problems|last=Sager|first=Whitney|date=September 13, 2014|work=Boone News-Republican|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weareiowa.com/story/d/story/luther-petitioning-to-discontinue-town/15709/wG89nZ6KZkW8Gkp8MhDDxw|title=Luther Petitioning To Discontinue Town|last=Powell|first=Claire|work=WeAreIowa.com|date=September 23, 2014|accessdate=October 23, 2014}}</ref> The discontinuance failed and the city continues to exist today.  Since 2015 several new businesses have sprung up as well as a major expansion by the local co-op.