Welcome to Iron County ...
Time Zone: Iron County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Hurley is the Seat for Iron County.
Iron County was founded in 1893. Iron was created by taking area from Ashland and Counties.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Iron had a population of 5,687 people. This is a decrease of 4% since the last Census (which gave a population of 5,924 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Iron represented 0.1% of the total population of Wisconsin.
Below are some of the communities located in Iron County:
- Anderson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Anderson is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 57 people
- Carey
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Carey is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 166 people
- Gurney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gurney is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Hurley
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hurley is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
- Kimball
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Kimball is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 497 people
- Knight
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Knight is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
- Mercer
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mercer is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,387 people
- Montreal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Montreal is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
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- Oma
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oma is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
- Pence
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pence is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 160 people
- Saxon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Saxon is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Sherman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Iron County (WI)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 286 people
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Wisconsin
- Websites specific to Iron County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Vilas County
- Price County
- Ashland County
- Gogebic County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |