Welcome to Ironosa ...

Ironosa is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Ironosa is located in San Augustine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ironosa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Ironosa is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ironosa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ironosa: 936

Communities near Ironosa ...

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

• Center
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Center is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <3>
• San Augustine
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Augustine is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Augustine
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,865 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Augustine <3>
• Chireno
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chireno is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chireno
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chireno <3>
• Denning
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Denning is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denning
• Attoyac
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Attoyac is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attoyac
• Choice
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Choice is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choice
• Short
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Short is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Short
• Martinsville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Martinsville is located in Nacogdoches County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <3>
• Arcadia
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Arcadia is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
• Africa ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Africa is located in Shelby County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Africa

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ironosa ...

Looking for more information about Ironosa? 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 Ironosa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ironosa.

Adding Ironosa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ironosa 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 Ironosa was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ironosa.