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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.
Ironton is a city in Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,475 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Iron County, and is located 12 miles south of Belgrade.
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.
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.
Pilot Knob is located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri, between the towns of Ironton and Pilot Knob. Pilot Knob, so named because of its distinctive shape and prominent position, reaches an elevation of 1,470 feet (450 m) rising 581 feet (177 m) above the Arcadia Valley floor and has a large deposit of iron ore in its upper regions. Pilot Knob is a peak in the St. Francois Mountains.
Big Creek is a stream in Iron and Wayne counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the St. Francis River. The stream headwaters are at 37°33′45″N90°40′34″W in Iron County and the confluence with the St. Francis is at 37°14′09″N90°30′25″W in northern Wayne County.
Cedar Creek is a stream in Iron and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary to Big River.
Claybaugh Creek is a stream in the Saint Francois Mountains of Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Goose Creek is a stream in northern Wayne and southern Iron counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek.
Janes Creek is a stream in Iron and Washington counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big River. The headwaters of the stream arise in northern Iron County just north of Missouri Route 32 west of Banner. The confluence with Big River is in southern Washington County between Peoria and Belgrade adjacent to Missouri Route JJ.
Ketcherside Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The peak lies about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) southeast of Taum Sauk Mountain and about 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km) south-southwest of Ironton. Hogan and Hogan Mountain lie to the west-southwest.
Knob Creek is a stream in Iron and St. Francois counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Stouts Creek.
Palmer Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek.
Richland Creek is a stream in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of Big Creek.
Royal Gorge is a gap in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The gap is at a point where Minor Creek cuts through a ridge in Ketcherside Mountain. Routes 72 and 21 pass through the gap southwest of Ironton.
Russell Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The mountain lies just east of Taum Sauk Mountain and Missouri Route CC provides access to the two peaks from combined Missouri routes 21 and 72 to the east. The town of Ironton is about six miles to the northeast. The Tom Sauk Trail traverses the Russell Mountain ridge.
Shepherd Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Shepherd Mountain lies just west of Ironton and Stouts Creek in the Arcadia Valley.
Stouts Creek is a stream in Iron and Madison counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The stream headwaters lie just northwest of Taum Sauk Mountain and it flows north then east to cross under Missouri Route 21 between Ironton and Arcadia. It continues east passing under Missouri Route 72 and past Lake Killarney. It flows into Madison County to its confluence with the St. Francis River east of Roselle.
Vail Mountain is a summit in Iron County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The summit has an elevation of 1,404 feet (428 m). Vail Mountain lies to the east of Russell Mountain and the road to the summit of Taum Sauk Mountain passes just west of the summit of Vail Mountain. Routes 21 and 72 traverse the south spur of the mountain before heading south through Royal Gorge. The summit is about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Arcadia and Ironton.
Taum Sauk Creek is a stream in Iron and Reynolds Counties in the U.S. state of Missouri.
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Minor Creek (Missouri)
- ↑ Ironton, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1968
- ↑ "Iron County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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