Ironville Kentucky Map

About Ironville, Kentucky

Ironville is a locality in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community with a population of 782. The population density is 388.6 people per km². Ironville is located at 38.4565°N, 82.6924°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 41102.

Ironville emerges from the low-slung, broken terrain where the persistent flow of Little Hood Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy clay and limestone of the landscape. It lies 3.3 miles west-southwest of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 243°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south of Ironton. The air here holds a peculiar weight, thick with the damp mineral scent of the earth and the cool, shadowed breath of Lawhorn Hollow just a few miles to the south. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land rises into uneven, wooded ridges, shielding the basin from the wider world while the light at dusk settles in long, bruised purples against the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains. A mile to the west, the manicured green of Armco Park provides a quiet counterpoint to the wilder, tangled brush that persists along the water’s edge, creating a sharp boundary between the deliberate order of the park and the stubborn, unkempt vitality of the region’s natural slopes.

Ironville carries the heavy, soot-stained memory of an industrial era that once defined the rhythm of daily life, back when the furnaces and rail lines dictated the pulse of the local economy. Though the roar of the mills has faded into a quiet, enduring persistence, the character of the place remains anchored in the remnants of those brick-and-mortar foundations. Residents still look toward the nearby Wayne National Forest - Ironton Ranger District for a sense of permanence, finding a strange solace in the vast, managed timber that stands in stark contrast to the town’s own weathered, iron-wrought past. On quiet afternoons, the stillness is broken only by the movement of water toward Mary Carol Lake, a calm, reflective body of water that mirrors the transition from the frantic pace of the past to the slower, more contemplative existence of the present.

About This Ironville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ironville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.45647, -82.692384. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Ironville includes the ZIP code (41102), telephone area code (859), county seat of Boyd County (Catlettsburg), and school district assignment (Boyd County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.