Iron County is a county located in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,537. The largest city and county seat is Ironton. Iron County was officially organized on February 17, 1857, and was named after the abundance of iron ore found within its borders.
Crawford County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 Census, the population was 23,056. Its county seat is Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford of Georgia.
Courtois is an unincorporated community in southwestern Washington County, Missouri, United States, within the Courtois Hills region. It is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Belgrade and 3.9 mi (6.3 km) northeast of Viburnum, Missouri in Iron County. Courtois is located on Missouri Route C and at the confluence of Indian Creek and Courtois Creek.
Berryman is an unincorporated community on the border between Crawford and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Located along Route 8, it lies in the Mark Twain National Forest, approximately sixteen miles west of Potosi. Courtois Creek flows under Route 8, just west of the village. Berryman Recreation Area and trail lie to the northeast of the village.
Vulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Route 49 between Des Arc two miles to the south and Annapolis 3.5 miles to the north. Ironton is approximately twenty miles north. The community is in the Big Creek valley.
Goodland is an unincorporated community in western Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on a county road, approximately two miles from Route 49 in the Mark Twain National Forest.
Middlebrook is an unincorporated community on the Iron County/St. Francois County line in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located approximately six miles north of Ironton, four miles east of Belleview, and seven miles southeast of Belgrade and Caledonia.
Redmondville is an unincorporated community in western Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on a county road approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of Missouri Route 49 in the Mark Twain National Forest. The community is on the west bank of Clayton Creek, just north of that stream's confluence with the Middle Fork of the Black River. It formerly had a school house.
Courtois Creek is a 38.6-mile-long (62.1 km) stream in southern Missouri, United States. It shares its name with the nearby town of Courtois and is in the Courtois Hills region of the Missouri Ozarks. According to the information in the Ramsay Place Names File at the University of Missouri, the creek was "doubtless named for some French settler, but his identity has not been ascertained".
Butts is an unincorporated community in eastern Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on the north side of Henpeck Hollow about one-half mile east of Courtois Creek. Access is via a county road from Missouri Route 8, approximately five miles east of Elayer. The location is within the Mark Twain National Forest and a campground is located on the Courtois River to the west of the site.
Service is an unincorporated community in eastern Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on a small tributary along the east bank of Courtois Creek, approximately 2.5 miles west of the Crawford-Washington county line. Missouri Route 8 passes on the ridge about one-half mile to the southwest. The community of Butts lies about 1.5 miles downstream (northwest) and Berryman is about four miles to the southeast (upstream). The old Service School was located at the site in the 1940s.
Abbott Branch is a stream in northern Iron County, Missouri. It is a tributary of Courtois Creek.
Banner is an unincorporated community in northern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Buick is an extinct town in southwest Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.
Chloride is an unincorporated community in Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Chloride is located on Big Creek along Missouri Route 49. The community is approximately 1.5 miles south of the lead smelter at Glover.
Ghermanville is an unincorporated community in northeastern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community was located approximately one-half mile east of Graniteville adjacent to Missouri Route 21.
Graniteville is an unincorporated community in northeast Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is located on Missouri Route 21 approximately three-quarters of a mile east of Elephant Rocks State Park. Pilot Knob is about three miles to the southeast.
Minimum is an unincorporated community in southeastern Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Sabula is an unincorporated community in southwest Iron County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on the east floodplain of Big Creek along Missouri Route 49 between Annapolis three miles to the south and Glover about 5.5 miles to the north.
Quaker is an unincorporated community in southwestern Washington County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Quaker is located on Missouri Route C, between Courtois to the southwest and Delbridge to the northeast. The area is within the Mark Twain National Forest and the Hazel Creek Recreation Area, along with a section of the Ozark Trail lie approximately four miles to the north.
