Missouri · Census place 2935468
Ironton, Missouri
Ironton is a city in Iron County, Missouri with an estimated 1,443 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 285th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,443
- #285 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- -1.6%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,077 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Ironton population, 2020 to 2024
Ironton lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Ironton covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,077 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Ironton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ironton is in
All of Ironton's residents live in Iron County, which had 9,420 residents in 2024. Ironton holds 15.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ironton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ironton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63650. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Ironton is
The Census internal point of Ironton is at 37.595800, -90.629800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 108.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Park Hills, MO (8,705 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 74.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.595800, -90.629800
- DMS
- 37°35'44.88"N 90°37'47.28"W
- UTM
- 15N 709249.6E 4163611.1N
- Geohash
- 9yxtcsj7k
- Plus code
- 869FH9WC+83
Daylight in Ironton
At 37.60° N, Ironton gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ironton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bismarck, 11.9 miles away, with 1,222 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ironton, MO?
1,443 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.6%) from 1,466 in July 2020.
What county is Ironton in?
Iron County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ironton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63650.
How far is Ironton from Jefferson City?
108.0 miles (173.8 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Ironton.
What is the nearest larger city to Ironton?
Park Hills, MO, with 8,705 residents, 16.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.