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Iron Station, North Carolina

Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States

35°27′05″N 81°09′25″W / 35.45139°N 81.15694°W / 35.45139; -81.15694CountryUnited StatesStateNorth CarolinaCounty LincolnArea

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• Total2.37 sq mi (6.13 km²) • Land2.36 sq mi (6.12 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km²)Elevation

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896 ft (273 m)Population

(2020)

• Total825 • Density349.28/sq mi (134.87/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

28080

Area code704FIPS code37-33820GNIS feature ID2628638^[2]

Iron Station is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. A primarily industrial town, Iron Station's population was 755 as of the 2010 census.^[3] It also serves as a bedroom community for the larger cities of Charlotte, Hickory, and Lincolnton.

History

Ingleside, Magnolia Grove, and Tucker's Grove Camp Meeting Ground are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

Iron Station was named for its history as an iron mining town with a train station.

Geography

The community is southeast of the center of Lincoln County, along North Carolina Highway 27, which leads northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Lincolnton, the county seat, and southeast 25 miles (40 km) to Charlotte.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Iron Station CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km²), of which 3.4 acres (13,938 m²), or 0.23%, are water.^[5] The community is in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and the town center is on a ridge which drains northeast to Dellinger Branch, which forms the northeastern border of the CDP, and southwest to Hoyle Creek. The entire community is part of the Catawba River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	825		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

Education

Iron Station Elementary School
East Lincoln Middle School
East Lincoln High School in Denver

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Iron Station, North Carolina
^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Iron Station CDP, North Carolina". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: North Carolina". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.