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==History== Dean was platted in 1873.<ref>{{cite book|title=The History of Appanoose County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., a Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, etc.|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_O5kUAAAAYAAJ|year=1878|publisher=Western historical Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_O5kUAAAAYAAJ/page/n436 470]}}</ref> It was named for Henry Clay Dean.<ref name="Taylor1913">{{cite book|author=L. L. Taylor|title=Past and Present of Appanoose County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement|url=https://archive.org/details/pastpresentofapp01tayl|year=1913|publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pastpresentofapp01tayl/page/352 352]}}</ref> Dean's population was 47 in 1902,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AzrWecxN1wC |title=Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition |date=1902 |publisher=J. R. Gray & Company |pages=203–207 |language=en}}</ref> and 80 in 1925.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |pages=190 |language=en}}</ref> The population was 92 in 1940.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=297 |language=en}}</ref>

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