Irondale Missouri Map

About Irondale, Missouri

Irondale is a locality in Washington County, Missouri, United States. It is a small community with a population of 368. The population density is 266.6 people per km². Irondale is located at 37.8320°N, 90.6782°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Irondale is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63648.

Irondale occupies a quiet basin where the persistent waters of Dry Creek carve a path through the limestone-heavy earth, defining the very contours of the terrain. It lies 14.4 miles west-northwest of Farmington, MO (from Farmington, MO: bearing 284°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Park Hills. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, terrestrial solitude, where the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Redman Ridge, rising twelve miles away to anchor the view. Lake Apache sits at the village edge, its surface often mirroring the heavy, humid clouds that gather before an evening storm, while the nearby Hughes Mountain Natural Area offers a stark, geological reminder of the region’s ancient, volcanic origins. The air in Irondale holds a distinct, metallic clarity in the early morning, smelling faintly of damp shale and the deep, silent cooling of the earth, a sensory experience that feels both enduring and profoundly detached from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Irondale traces its roots to the industrious spirit of the nineteenth-century iron trade, a heritage that lingers in the rust-colored soil and the persistent, plain-spoken resilience of its inhabitants. Though the furnaces have long since cooled, the economy remains tethered to the land, shifting from the heavy extraction of the past toward the quiet, slow-moving rhythms of a rural life that values self-reliance over industrial expansion. Residents move with a deliberate, measured gait, mindful of the seasons as they shift across the fields and the scrubby timberland that stretches toward the Fredericktown Ranger District. The local character is forged by this isolation, a blend of traditional Midwestern stoicism and a watchful, protective affection for the hollows and ridges that define the geography of their daily lives.

About This Irondale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Irondale, Missouri. Coordinates: 37.831994, -90.678183. 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 Irondale includes the ZIP code (63648), telephone area code (816), county seat of Washington County (Potosi), and school district assignment (West St. Francois County R-IV 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.