Pierson, IA

Pierson is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 337 residents. Pierson is part of the Sioux City, Iowa–Nebraska–South Dakota Metropolitan Statistical Area. Pierson was platted in 1883 with railroads and lumberyards being important to its growth. Pierson's city park contains an area that has plants and flowers that are native to the area. Pierson'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 Pierson's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. The city started with only eight blocks of land until new additions were later made. Pierson was platted in 1883 and the original owners were the Railroad Land Co. The city might have been named for Moses Pearson a pioneer settler.