Iron County, Missouri

Overview

• Population: 10,697 (Change since 1990: -0.3%)
• Created: February 17, 1857
• County seat: Ironton
• Largest town: Ironton (Pop. 1,471)
• Highest point: Taum Sauk Mountain, 1772 feet ft.
• Name origin: iron mining

Populated Places

• Annapolis (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 310 (Change since 1990: -14.6%)
  • Located on MO 49 between Piedmont and Glover
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°21'36" N, 90°41'50" W
  • Name origin: Ann Russell Allen
  • Founded: Mar. 30, 1871 by Thomas Allen
  • Post office: July 25, 1871 - Now
• Arcadia (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 567 (Change since 1990: -6.9%)
  • Located at the intersection of MO 21 and MO 72 just south of Ironton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'13" N, 90°37'40" W
  • Founded: 1849
• Banner (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Brule
  • Located on MO 32 west of MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'49" N, 90°50'04" W
  • Survey: T. 25 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 32-33
  • Elevation: 1035
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • School district: Belleview R-3
  • USGS Quad: Banner
  • Map: 1920 Clason (Shows Brule)
• Belleview (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Cross Roads
  • Alternate name: Bellevue
  • Located on Route O just west of MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'15" N, 90°44'25" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 5-6
  • Civil township: Iron
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville
• Benson (Historical)
  • Located between Annapolis and Vulcan
  • USGS Quad: Des Arc (Not shown)
  • Point on the Iron Mountain mainline
• Berryman (Historical)
  • Located between Glover and Chloride
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°28'34" N, 90°41'16" W
  • Elevation: 800
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • USGS Quad: Glover (Not shown)
  • Probably named for John W. Berryman, storekeeper, sawmill owner, and two-term Iron County state representative
  • Map: 1886
  • Sources: Goodspeed (See biographical sketch of Jerome C. Berryman and Washington Co.)
• Bixby (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Red Point
  • Located at the western intersection of MO 32 and MO 49
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'37" N, 91°06'54" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 12
  • Civil township: Dent
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Viburnum East
  • Named for William Bixby, an official of the American Car and Foundry Co.
  • Post office: Aug. 27, 1877 - Oct. 6, 1906 (Red Point); Oct. 6, 1906 - Now (Bixby)
  • Maps: 1880 (Red Point), 1904 McNally (Redpoint), and 1920 Clason (Bixby)
  • Source: Iron Co. Years
• Buick (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route KK south of MO 32
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'25" N, 91°07'36" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 26
  • Elevation: 1449
  • Civil township: Dent
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Greeley
• Burgundy (Historical)
  • Post office from 1894-1907
  • Located three miles west of Goodland
• Casebolt (Historical)
  • Located east of Bixby
  • Civil township: Dent
• Chloride (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 49 between Glover and Sabula
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°27'38" N, 90°41'13" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 778
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Glover
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
• Crane Pond (Historical)
  • Post office ca. 1880
  • Alternate name: Crane's Pond
  • Located northeast of Annapolis
  • Map: 1880
• Des Arc (Village)
  • Population: 187 (Change since 1990: +8.1%)
  • Located near intersection of MO 49 and MO 143
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°17'03" N, 90°38'06" W
  • Name origin: Uncertain
  • Founded: 1800
• Doyle (Historical)
  • Located between Bixby and East End
  • Civil township: Dent
• East End (Historical)
  • Located at the intersection MO 32 and Route Z east of Bixby
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°40'31" N, 91°02'01" W
  • Civil township: Dent
  • USGS Quad: Viburnum East
  • Map: 1923 McNally
• Enough (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Montana
  • Located at end of Enough Road near MO 32 and Council Bluff Lake
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'26" N, 90°54'60" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 27, 34
  • Elevation: 1119
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • School district: Belleview R-3
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Mountain
  • Maps: 1880 (Montana), 1897 Galbraith (Montana), 1904 McNally (Montana), and 1920 Clason (Enough)
• Foote (Historical)
  • Located between Goodland and Good Water
  • Maps: 1895 McNally and 1897 Galbraith
• Ghermanville (Historical)
  • Located just east of Graniteville at the intersection of Route N and Old MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°38'56" N, 90°40'12" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Elevation: 1194
  • Civil township: Iron
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville (Benchmark shown)
• Glover (Unincorporated)
  • Located just south of the intersection of MO 21, MO 49, and MO 72
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°29'11" N, 90°41'28" W
  • Survey: T. 32 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 2
  • Elevation: 823
  • Civil township: Liberty
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Glover
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
• Good Water (Unincorporated)
  • Located at the end of Route Z north of East End
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'48" N, 91°02'46" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 21
  • Civil township: Dent
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Viburnum East
• Goodland (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Carsonville and Edithburgh
  • Located southeast of East End on a county road along Middle Fork Black River
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°38'10" N, 91°00'06" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 23
  • Elevation: 956
  • Civil township: Dent
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Viburnum East
  • Maps: 1878 (Carsonville) and 1880 (Carsonville and Edithburgh)
• Graniteville (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 21 just east of Elephant Rocks State Park
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'01" N, 90°40'47" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 14
  • Civil township: Iron
  • School district: Belleview R-3
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville
  • Named for the granite quarried nearby.
  • Founded: 1873 or 1876(?)
• Hogan (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Hogan Mountain
  • Located at the intersection of MO 21 and Route AA
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°30'40" N, 90°41'45" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 27
  • Elevation: 905
  • Civil township: Arcadia
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Ironton
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
  • Maps: 1873, 1874, 1889 Polk, and 1920 Clason
• Ironton (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 1,471 (Change since 1990: -4.4%)
  • Located at intersection MO 21 and Route M between Arcadia and Pilot Knob
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°36'02" N, 90°37'54" W
  • Name origin: iron
  • Founded: 1853
• Jordan (Historical)
  • Located north of Sabula
  • Point on the Iron Mountain Line between Glover and Sabula
  • Maps: 1895 McNally, 1902, and 1904 McNally
• Killarney Shores (Unincorporated)
  • Located on MO 72 between Roselle and Arcadia
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'42" N, 90°33'55" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 1-2
  • Elevation: 819
  • Civil township: Arcadia
  • School district: Arcadia Valley R-2
  • USGS Quad: Lake Killarney
• Mann (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Belleview
  • Maps: 1904 McNally, 1920 Clason, and 1923 McNally
• Marble Creek (Historical)
  • Located northeast of Annapolis along Marble Creek near the Madison County line
  • Maps: 1861, 1872, and 1880
• Maxwells Mill (Historical)
  • Located somewhere between Enough and Good Water
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'21" N, 90°58'19" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 31
  • Elevation: 1220
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Mountain (Benchmark shown)
• McNail (Historical)
  • Located northwest of Munger
  • Maps: 1878 and 1880
• Middle Brook (Unincorporated)
  • Alternate name: Middlebrook
  • Located near Route W northeast of MO 21
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°39'44" N, 90°38'49" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 12
  • School district: Bismarck R-5
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville (Spelled Middlebrook)
  • Founded: Aug. 24, 1856
• Minimum (Unincorporated)
  • Located on Route C between Annapolis and Jewett
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°22'34" N, 90°35'15" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 9-10
  • Elevation: 613
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Des Arc NE
  • Named for Minnie Farr, wife of postmaster Dr. N. A. Farr
• Mountainville Store (Historical)
  • Located somewhere north of Enough
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°43'28" N, 90°54'50" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 22
  • Elevation: 1090
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Mountain (Not shown)
• Ozark Mills (Historical)
  • Post office in the 1880s
  • Alternate name: Ozark
  • Located along railroad north of Annapolis
  • Maps: 1873 and 1880
• Pilot Knob (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 697 (Change since 1990: -11.0%)
  • Located at intersection MO 21 and Route V north of Ironton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'25" N, 90°38'37" W
  • Name origin: Pilot Knob mountain
  • Founded: 1858
• Pine Grove (Historical)
  • Probably located somewhere near the intersection of MO 32 and Route A
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 7
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • Maps: 1861, 1866, and 1880
• Pippin (Historical)
  • Located north of Minimum
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Redmondville (Unincorporated)
  • Located near MO 49 northwest of Route A
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'32" N, 90°58'09" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 30
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • School district: Iron County C-4
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Mountain (Also shown on Edgehill quad)
• Rocky Glade (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1870s. May have been called Rocky Shade.
  • Located somewhere southeast of Arcadia
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 28
  • Map: 1880
  • Source: Moser
• Russells Mills (Historical)
  • Located north of Annapolis along the railroad
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
  • Map: 1873
• Russellville (Historical)
  • Located just east of Arcadia
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°35'30" N, 90°37'10" W
  • Elevation: 942
  • Civil township: Arcadia
  • USGS Quad: Lake Killarney (Not labeled, but does show Russell Cemetery)
  • Russellville was the name of the homestead of Col. Cyrus Russell and his family, immigrants from Connecticut in 1838
• Sabula (Unincorporated)
  • Previously known as: Ozark Mills
  • Located on MO 49 between Glover and Annapolis
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°24'17" N, 90°41'46" W
  • Survey: T. 31 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 3
  • Elevation: 690
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Glover
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line
• Sand Bluff (Historical)
  • Post office in the early 1880s.
  • Located somewhere northeast of Edge Hill and west of Graniteville
  • Map: 1880
• Shepard (Historical)
  • Previously known as: Kaolin
  • Located along Cedar Creek near the Washington County line
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°41'47" N, 90°53'13" W
  • Survey: T. 35 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 36
  • Elevation: 1200
  • Civil township: Kaolin
  • USGS Quad: Johnson Mountain (Not shown)
  • Map: 1920 Clason
• Snow Hollow Lake (Unincorporated)
  • Located south of Graniteville on road off of Route N
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°37'44" N, 90°41'07" W
  • Survey: T. 34 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 26
  • Civil township: Arcadia
  • School district: Belleview R-3
  • USGS Quad: Graniteville
• Tip Top (Historical)
  • Located at the high point along MO 21 south of Ironton
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°33'04" N, 90°39'53" W
  • Survey: T. 33 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 13
  • Elevation: 1250
  • Civil township: Arcadia
  • USGS Quad: Ironton (Shows Tip Top Picnic Area)
  • Point on the Iron Mountain Line
• Tolu (Historical)
  • Located in the far northwestern corner of the county
  • Maps: 1897 Galbraith, 1904 McNally, and 1920 Clason (Tulu)
• Viburnum (Fourth-class city)
  • Population: 825 (Change since 1990: +11.0%)
  • Located near intersection MO 49 and Route Y
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°42'53" N, 91°07'40" W
  • Founded: 1957 by the St. Joe Company
• Vulcan (Unincorporated)
  • Located near the intersection of MO 49 and Route BB between Annapolis and Des Arc
  • Latitude & Longitude: 37°18'34" N, 90°39'45" W
  • Survey: T. 30 N., R. 4 E., Sec. 1
  • Elevation: 558
  • Civil township: Union
  • School district: South Iron County R-1
  • USGS Quad: Des Arc
  • Station on the Iron Mountain Line

History

Name origin

Named for the local iron ore mining industry

Demographics