Editing Preston, Iowa (section)

==History==
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Preston got its start in the year 1870, following construction of the railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MI4gAQAAIAAJ | title=Owen's Gazetteer and Directory of Jackson County, Iowa | publisher=Walsworth | year=1878 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MI4gAQAAIAAJ/page/n10 82]}}</ref>

Preston is named for one of its founders, I. M. Preston. Those present at the time of the town's [[plat]]ting were allowed to name Preston's streets after themselves.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HHwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA676 | title=History of Jackson County, Iowa, Volume 1 | publisher=S.J. Clarke Publishing Company | year=1910 | pages=676}}</ref>