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Welcome to Ironton ...So far, we found very little information about Ironton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ironton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ironton, please Contact Us. Ironton would have been located within present day Ouray County<2>. The location of Ironton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Ironton was founded in 1893. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ironton is 9,790 feet [2,984 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Ironton is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Ironton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Ironton once stood is in the (970) area code. Communities Also Named Ironton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Ironton - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ironton. Communities near Ironton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ironton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ironton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ironton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ironton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ironton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ironton. See our Newspapers Page for Ironton. Adding Ironton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ironton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ironton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Ironton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ironton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Ouray County: www.co.ouray.co.us/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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