Ironton, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Martin
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|subdivision_name3 = Halbert
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 482
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|postal_code = 47581
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|blank_info = 18-36504{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Ironton is an unincorporated community in Halbert Township, Martin County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Ironton was founded in 1873, and named for the presence of ironworks.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake|url-access=registration|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/fromneedmoretopr00bake/page/177 177]|quote=...laid out in 1873 by the Southern Indiana Coal and Iron Company and formerly called Irondon for the iron industry...}}
References
{{Martin County, Indiana}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Martin County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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