Editing New Albin, Iowa (section)

==History==
New Albin was [[plat]]ted in 1872 shortly after the [[Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad]] had been built through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h34UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA252 | title=Past and Present of Allamakee County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Volume 1 | publisher=S. J. Clarke publishing Company | author=Hancock, Ellery M. | year=1913 | pages=252}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historywinneshi00citygoog | title=History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa | publisher=Western Publishing Company | author=Alexander, W. E. | year=1882 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historywinneshi00citygoog/page/n408 400]}}</ref> It was named for the son of a railroad official,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=7545 | title=Profile for New Albin, Iowa | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=6 August 2014}}</ref> who tragically died from burns after falling into a bonfire.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://iagenweb.org/allamakee/history4/NA_named.htm | title=How New Albin got its name | publisher=[[Iowa Gen Web Project]] | accessdate=22 March 2024}}</ref> Residents originally wanted to name the community 'Albin', however the post office claimed this would cause confusion with the already existing towns of [[Albia, Iowa|Albia]] and [[Albion, Iowa|Albion]], so the name 'New Albion' was chosen instead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allamakee co. IAGenWeb - Misc. History |url=https://iagenweb.org/allamakee/history4/NACentennial.htm |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=iagenweb.org}}</ref>

On May 20, 1895, New Albion was officially incorporated as a city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/inccities.pdf |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240719142726/https://sos.iowa.gov/business/pdf/IncCities.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-19 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=sos.iowa.gov}}</ref>

[[Iowa Highway 26|Highway 26]] (originally Highway 182) was constructed through New Albin in 1936.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://iagenweb.org/allamakee/history4/NA_History.htm | title=Misc. New Albin History Articles | publisher=[[Iowa Gen Web Project]] | accessdate=25 April 2024}}</ref>