Welcome to Iron Rod ...

So far, we found very little information about Iron Rod. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Iron Rod to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Iron Rod, please Contact Us.

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Iron Rod would have been located within present day Madison County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Iron Rod, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Iron Rod is 4,540 feet [1,384 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Iron Rod is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Iron Rod was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Iron Rod was located: 406

Communities near Iron Rod ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Iron Rod.

• Whitehall
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitehall is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <4>
• Sheridan
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheridan is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 771 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan <4>
• Twin Bridges
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Twin Bridges is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Bridges <4>
• Highland City ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland City is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland City
• Mammoth
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Mammoth is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mammoth
• Moose Town
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Moose Town is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Town
• Piedmont
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Piedmont is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
• Strawberry ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Strawberry is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strawberry
• Pipestone Hot Springs
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Pipestone Hot Springs is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone Hot Springs
• Pipestone
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Pipestone is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pipestone

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 Iron Rod. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Iron Rod.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Iron Rod. 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 Iron Rod.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Iron Rod. See our Newspapers Page for Iron Rod.

Adding Iron Rod to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Iron Rod in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Iron Rod was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Iron Rod post office opened in 1869. The Iron Rod post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Iron Rod.