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Welcome to Ironto ...

Ironto is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ironto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Ironto is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ironto: 540 & 826<3>

Websites for Ironto ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ironto, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ironto ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Blacksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Radford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Boones Mill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Bennetts Mill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Bennetts Mill is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennetts Mill
  • Montgomery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Ellett
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Ellett is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellett
  • Riverside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Riverside is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ironto ...

Looking for more information about Ironto? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ironto, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ironto.

Adding Ironto to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ironto 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 (so far) for Ironto was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ironto post office opened in 1909. The Ironto post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ironto.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ironto - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Ironto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Ironto 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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