Editing Thor, Iowa (section)

==History==
The town of Thor is a farming community which was originally built up chiefly by Scandinavian immigrants.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_01A0AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa | publisher=Union Publishing Company | year=1884| page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_01A0AQAAMAAJ/page/n838 857]}} Note that Google Books misspells "Humboldt".</ref>  Settlement of the township started in 1869 with the filing of a claim by Ole Willicksen, who was a native of [[Stavanger, Norway]]. In 1881, the town of Thor was laid out by the Western Town Lot Company.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://iagenweb.org/humboldt/history/thor_history.htm|title=Thor, Norway Township|publisher=Humboldt County Town Histories|accessdate= March 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://iagenweb.org/humboldt/history/thorsettlers.htm|title= Norway Township Settlers|publisher= Humboldt County Town Histories|accessdate= March 1, 2016}}</ref> Thor was [[plat]]ted in 1882.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=130}}</ref> It was named after the mythical deity [[Thor]] in Old Norse mythology.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/thor/|title= Thor, Old Norse Þórr|publisher=Norse Mythology for Smart People|accessdate= March 1, 2016}}</ref>

Thor was formerly serviced by Iowa Highway 302, which was decommissioned in 1980.<ref name="humboldt">{{cite web | title=Highway 302  | author=Jason Hancock| work=Iowa Highways | url=http://iowahighways.org/highways/iowa300-319.html#302 | accessdate=February 8, 2010 }}</ref>