Iron Station, North Carolina

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Iron Station, North Carolina
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Iron Station
Coordinates: 35°27′05″N81°09′25″W / 35.45139°N 81.15694°W / 35.45139; -81.15694
Country United States
State North Carolina
County Lincoln
Area
[1]
  Total2.37 sq mi (6.13 km2)
  Land2.36 sq mi (6.12 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
896 ft (273 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total825
  Density349.28/sq mi (134.87/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28080
Area code 704
FIPS code 37-33820
GNIS feature ID2628638 [2]

Iron Station is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. A primarily industrial town, Iron Station's population was 755 as of the 2010 census. [3] It also serves as a bedroom community for the larger cities of Charlotte, Hickory, and Lincolnton.

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History

Ingleside, Magnolia Grove, and Tucker's Grove Camp Meeting Ground are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]

Iron Station was named for its history as an iron mining town with a train station.

Geography

The community is southeast of the center of Lincoln County, along North Carolina Highway 27, which leads northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Lincolnton, the county seat, and southeast 25 miles (40 km) to Charlotte.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Iron Station CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km2), of which 3.4 acres (13,938 m2), or 0.23%, are water. [5] The community is in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and the town center is on a ridge which drains northeast to Dellinger Branch, which forms the northeastern border of the CDP, and southwest to Hoyle Creek. The entire community is part of the Catawba River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 825
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Education

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iron Station, North Carolina
  3. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Iron Station CDP, North Carolina". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.