History
Prior to its current designation in 1969, there were two iterations of Iowa Highway 26. The first, Primary Road No. 26, was a short, 3-mile (4.8 km) long highway which, in the 1920s, connected Rock Valley to Primary Road No. 19 in northwestern Iowa.
The second Iowa 26 was created in the 1930s and served as a connector between U.S. Route 18 at Inwood and Iowa 9 south of Larchwood. In 1969, the second iteration of Iowa 26 swapped designations with Iowa 182, as to match Minnesota's Trunk Highway 26.
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