Originally named Kiron, the community was platted at the corners of sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Stockholm Township.

At that time, all goods were hauled in from Odebolt, Iowa, with each trip taking one day on primitive, ungraded roads.

[6] When a new rail line on the Chicago and North Western Railroad opened one mile to the west, the present-day settlement of Kiron, Iowa was created, platted in 1899.

The same Spirit of thrift and industry which made old Kiron a thriving business center when it was miles from a railroad has contributed its full share to the uplifting of the new town [...] Kiron is finely situated on the Mondamin branch of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and is the first station west of Boyer.

Already the old town is dismantled, a number of homes remain in the old location but the busy stores have been moved and are busier than ever.