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Welcome to Ironton ...

Ironton is located in Lehigh County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ironton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1862.

Ironton is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ironton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ironton: 610, 484 & 835<3>

Communities Also Named Ironton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Ironton - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Ohio, 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ironton ...

Looking for more information about Ironton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ironton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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>

From that list, the Ironton post office opened in 1862.

We also found Ironton in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ironton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lehigh, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ironton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 610 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 484 or 835. New phone numbers in the Ironton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 610, 484 or 835. As a result, placing a call in the Ironton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/