Anthon, IA

Anthon is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 545 residents. Anthon is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. The first school in Anthon was the Fox School, which stood from 1888 to 1890; it was replaced by the Anthon School, which was built in 1890 and 1891 and closed in 1918. Anthon's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Iowa setting. The local scoop is how Anthon's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Anthon was also home to eunuchoidal giant Bernard Coyne, who was over 8 feet tall. The town is situated near the Little Sioux River. Anthon is home to Charles Osborne, who had the hiccups continuously for 68 years.