Pierson is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.

Pierson has a library, a school district, and five churches, among other businesses and recreation.

Pierson was platted in 1883 and the original owners were the Railroad Land Co.[3] The city might have been named for Moses Pearson a pioneer settler.

[4] Pierson originally only had eight blocks of land and new additions began being added in July 1892.

Railroads were important to the growth of northwest Iowa, which includes Pierson, due to it carrying lumber and other material for expansion.

[6] Henry Castle from Correctionville, Iowa, founded a store in Pierson that sold groceries and hardware and acted as a post office.

The store went through multiple ownership changes until July 2016, when the final tenants left, leaving behind an empty building.

The co-op elevator sold corn, oats, and barley with 3,500 bushes processed an hour by a lift.

[9][8] Herman and Henry Rock operated a franchise of John Deere from the late 1920s until the mid-1930s.

[3] The 4 Angels Memorial was made to remember four Kingsley–Pierson girls who died after a snowmobile accident in December 2003.

[13] American Legion Post 291 and local citizens obtained help from the Pritzker Museum to receive a $15,000 grant to upgrade the monument.

"[15] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.61 km2), all land.

[24] The Pierson Public Library had its beginnings in 1902 when 26 members formed a "Literary and Reading Club."

In February 1935, a library was started by The Pierson Federated Women's Club.

The library moved a few more times until its current location on Main Street within the city hall.

Organizations within Pierson are the Pierson Library Friends, 4-H, Rutland Masonic Lodge, Federated Women's Club, Legion, Legion Auxiliary, Junior Girls Auxiliary, and the Golf Club Association.

[11] Jenni Battern Memorial Park has a basketball court and a playground.

[11] In August 2021, the arts and music festival Golphstok 2021 was held in Pierson.

The festival was started in the summer of 2017 as a way for the founder to play music with his two sons.