Andrew is a town in central Jackson County, Iowa, United States.

[5] In 1841 Ansel Briggs, the first governor of Iowa, settled on a location outside of Andrew known as Bluff Mills, later moving his family to town.

Ansel Briggs won the election against Thomas McKnight for the governor of Iowa in 1846.

On September 22, 1909, the citizens of Andrew erected a granite monument in the city cemetery in his honor.

Although Briggs was originally buried in Omaha, Nebraska, he was re-interred in 1909 in the Andrew Cemetery.

The county seat switched between Bellevue and Andrew several times until it was moved to Maquoketa in 1873.

An orphans asylum and courthouse was built along with other structures to serve the county government.

The Jackson County Jailhouse was built in 1870 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The three-story limestone structure includes sheriff's office, cell room, exercise yard, a jailer quarters, and prison kitchen.

A brick building was built in 1889 at the present location of the school, 13 South Marion Street.

Andrew is the birthplace of the first American military casualty of World War II, Captain Robert M. Losey,[7] who was killed during a German Luftwaffe bombing of Dombås, Norway.

The Andrew Public Library is located in the City Hall on 11 E. Benton Street.

Books are available for all ages with a special program held for children of the community during the summer.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all land.