Ironton Minnesota Map
Ironton, Minnesota — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Ironton, Crow Wing County.
Interactive Map of Ironton, Minnesota
| City | Ironton |
| State | Minnesota (MN) |
| County | Crow Wing |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 46.477463 |
| Longitude | -93.977762 |
| Population | 621 |
| Density | 148.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Ironton, Minnesota
Ironton is a locality in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 621. The population density is 148.5 people per km². Ironton is located at 46.4775°N, 93.9778°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 56441.
Ironton rests on land that remembers the deep, slow scrape of glaciers, a terrain now characterized by the undulating rise and fall of the Cuyuna Range. It lies 64.0 miles north of St. Cloud, MN (from St. Cloud, MN: bearing 8°T), and is situated 1.0 miles west-south-west of Crosby. Pine and aspen, their needles catching the crisp, northern air, cling to the slopes, their shadows stretching long and cool across the forest floor as the sun begins its descent. The sky overhead, a vast canvas of shifting blues and grays, often seems to press down with a palpable weight, a testament to the open, expansive country that surrounds Ironton. Here, the very earth exhales a scent of damp soil and pine resin, a constant, quiet reminder of the wildness that has been tamed, but never entirely subdued. The history of Ironton is inextricably linked to the iron ore that once pulsed beneath its surface, a subterranean heart that fueled a boomtown era. This legacy is still etched into the landscape, in the abandoned pits that have since filled with water, becoming serene, often startlingly blue lakes that mirror the surrounding woodlands. The local economy, once dominated by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore trains, has diversified, finding new life in the natural beauty that the mining industry inadvertently preserved. The Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, a sprawling network of trails and waterways, now draws visitors seeking adventure on mountain bikes or a quiet paddle across the glassy surfaces of the former mines, a subtle, beautiful transformation from the raw extraction of the past.
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About This Ironton Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Ironton, Minnesota with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Ironton and Crow Wing County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Ironton is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Ironton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
