Editing Ironton, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|area_code                = [[Area code 218|218]]
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'''Ironton''' is a city in [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 572 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census |access-date=23 April 2011 }}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It is part of the [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]] [[Brainerd micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

Ironton is located on the [[Cuyuna Range|Cuyuna iron range]], from which its name is derived.<ref>{{cite book|author=Warren Upham|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n177 158]}}</ref> It is immediately adjacent to its [[Twin cities|twin city]] of [[Crosby, Minnesota|Crosby]].