David was an unincorporated community in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States.

David was located in the northern portion of Mitchell County along the Chicago Great Western Railway, in Jenkins Township.

[2] The David post office was established on November 30, 1891, and was discontinued on January 14, 1933.

[2] The Farmers Savings Bank of David was founded in 1907; the building itself was erected in 1900.

Other businesses in David (circa 1918) included a blacksmith, a creamery, a general store, a farm implement company, a lumber yard, livestock dealers, and the railroad depot.