Ironville Pennsylvania Map

About Ironville, Pennsylvania

Ironville is a locality in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. Ironville is located at 40.0565°N, 76.4627°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 16686.

Ironville rests in a quiet hollow where the land begins its gentle swell towards the rolling hills of Lancaster County. It lies 8.4 miles west of Lancaster, PA (from Lancaster, PA: bearing 279°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west-south-west of East Hempfield. Fields of corn and soybeans, stitched with the darker green of mature woodlands, unfurl across the terrain, their cultivated order a soft counterpoint to the wilder edges of the landscape. The air here, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a clean, earthy scent, a mixture of damp soil and the faint, sweet perfume of ripening crops, a subtle fragrance that seems to cling to the very skin. Small streams, their banks softened by a dense undergrowth of ferns and moss-covered stones, thread their way through the valleys, their quiet murmur a constant, almost subliminal soundtrack to Ironville's days. The history of Ironville is inextricably bound to the very ground it occupies, its origins rooted in the extraction of the earth's bounty. For generations, the iron ore that gave this place its name was pulled from the soil, fueling furnaces and forging the sinews of industry that once pulsed through this valley. Though the mines have long since fallen silent, their legacy is etched into the land, a subtle reminder of the labor and grit that shaped Ironville. Today, the local economy finds its strength in the enduring agricultural traditions of Lancaster County, with farms still yielding their harvests, and a quiet burgeoning of small businesses that cater to a life lived at a more deliberate pace, a pace that allows for the appreciation of the changing light on the distant ridges.

About This Ironville Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Ironville, Pennsylvania 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 Ironville and Lancaster County.

Detailed location data for Ironville includes the ZIP code (17512), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Lancaster County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Tyrone Area School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Ironville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.