Iron Station is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States. A primarily industrial town, Iron Station's population was 755 as of the 2010 census.[2] It also serves as a bedroom community for the larger cities of Charlotte, Hickory, and Lincolnton.

Iron Station, North Carolina
Census-designated place
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Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Lincoln
Area [1]
• Total	2.37 sq mi (6.13 km2)
• Land	2.36 sq mi (6.12 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	895 ft (273 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	825
• Density	349.28/sq mi (134.87/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	28080
Area code	704
FIPS code	37-33820
GNIS feature ID	987400

The Iron Station post office has a ZIP code of 28080.

History

Ingleside, Magnolia Grove, and Tucker's Grove Camp Meeting Ground are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]

Iron Station was named for its history as an iron mining town with a train station.

Geography

The community is southeast of the center of Lincoln County, along North Carolina Highway 27, which leads northwest 7 miles (11 km) to Lincolnton, the county seat, and southeast 25 miles (40 km) to Charlotte.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Iron Station CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km²), of which 3.4 acres (13,938 m²), or 0.23%, are water.[4] The community is in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, and the town center is on a ridge which drains northeast to Dellinger Branch, which forms the northeastern border of the CDP, and southwest to Hoyle Creek. The entire community is part of the Catawba River watershed.

Demographics

Education

• Iron Station Elementary School
• East Lincoln Middle School
• East Lincoln High School in Denver

References