Iron Mountain, Missouri

Iron Mountain is an unincorporated community in southwestern St. Francois County, Missouri, United States. It is located about six miles south of Bismarck. The community was founded in 1836 as a mining site ^[1] and it was named for nearby Iron Mountain, once thought to be made completely of iron ore.

The railroad history of the area runs deep, as the railways were key to the distribution of the minerals being mined.^[2] The Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was prominent during the development of the Iron Mountain community in the 19th century.

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Coordinates: 37°41′43″N 90°38′25″W / 37.69528°N 90.64028°W / 37.69528; -90.64028

Municipalities and communities of Saint Francois County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Farmington

Cities	Bismarck Bonne Terre Desloge Farmington Iron Mountain Lake Leadington Leadwood Park Hills

Townships	Big River Iron Liberty Marion Pendleton Perry Randolph St. Francois

CDPs	Doe Run Frankclay Terre du Lac Wortham

Other unincorporated communities	Blackwell French Village Iron Mountain Knob Lick Middlebrook‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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