Ironton
Iron County,
Missouri 
was formed in 1857 from
parts of Madison, Reynolds, St. Francois,
Washington, and Wayne Counties;
the county
seat is
Ironton. |
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Ironton in Iron County
Mo
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- Ironton
Library in Ironton:
OZARK REGIONAL LIBRARY
(Operating income: $725,449;
Location: 402 N. MAIN ST.;
134,505 books;
6,060 audio materials;
1,286 video materials;
280 serial subscriptions)
(elevation 920 feet)
Zip code: 63650
When the county was organized H. N. Tong and David Carson were doing a mercantile business at the eastern edge of Shepherd Mountain. . .They at once purchased land and laid off a town, named it Ironton, and entered it on the list with Arcadia and Middlebrook as competing points for the county seat. The election took place on September 7, 1857, and Ironton was selected...A village had already sprung up at the base of Pilot Knob, composed of mining operations, and during this year it was made the terminus of the Iron Mountain Railroad. In 1859 the population was placed at 600, while that of Arcadia and Ironton was about 300 each. These towns are situated adjoining each other, and may almost be considered as one straggling village scattered along the railroad for a distance of about three miles. (--Hist. of Southeast MO, 1888, Goodspeed, p.455.)
Ironton was founded in 1857 and incorporated in 1859...During the Civil War the town suffered greatly from the raid of General Price. . . It was in this place that U. S. Grant received his commission as Brigadier General in the United States Army. The spot where he had his quarters at the time is now called Emerson Park, a private park of much beauty. It contains five statues of Grant in commemoration of the event. (--Encyclopedia of The Hist. of Mo., 1901, Conard, Vol.3, p.388.)
According to Our Storehouse of Mo. Place Names, Ramsay, p.8, Ironton was named in 1853.
The first house was built in 1853, it became the county seat in 1857 and was incorporated in 1859. . .It had a court house, jail, 3 churches, a Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, 1 public school, 1 school for colored children, 1 iron foundry, 1 flouring mill and 2 saw and planing mills, 2 wagon factories, 1 saddler's shop, 2 hotels, 1 bank and 1 newspaper office. The U S. Land office was located here, 1874. (--Campbell's Gazetteer of Mo., 1874, p. 262.)
It is located at Sec. 17, Twp. 34 N, R 4 E, at the junction of Highways M, 21, & C.
Nearest cities: Arcadia, MO (1.0 miles), Pilot Knob, MO (1.8 miles), Iron Mountain Lake, MO (6.1 miles), Bismarck, MO (11.6 miles), Irondale, MO (16.5 miles), Annapolis, MO (17.2 miles), Leadwood, MO (18.5 miles), Park Hills, MO (18.8 miles).
Towns and wide places in the road in
Iron County Mo
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