Iron City, Tennessee | |
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 South Lawrence Head Start in Iron City | |
 Location of Iron City, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates: 35°1′32″N 87°35′1″W / 35.02556°N 87.58361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| Counties | Lawrence, Wayne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2) |
| • Land | 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 564 ft (172 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 274 |
| • Density | 396.53/sq mi (153.14/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 38463 |
| Area code | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-37360[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1289045[4] |
Iron City is a census-designated place and former city in Lawrence and Wayne counties, Tennessee.
Iron City was incorporated as a city from 1887 to 1901, and again from 1962 until 2010, its residents voting to disincorporate in the latter year.[5][6]
The United States Census bureau treated the community as a Census-designated place for both the 2010 and 2020 census. It had a population of 328 in 2010 and 274 in 2020.[7]
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Sandi Mashburn, "Iron City Is a City No More Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine," Lawrence County (TN) Advocate, May 30, 2010. Accessed: July 31, 2015.
- ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), 107.
- ^ "Iron City CDP, Tennessee Demographics and Housing 2020 Decennial Census".