Ironton, Michigan

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Ironton is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in Eveline Township of Charlevoix County, five miles south of Charlevoix on M-66. Ironton is at 45°15′22″N, 85°11′12″W at the mouth of the South Arm of Lake Charlevoix (formerly known as Pine Lake).

Robert Cherry, of the Pine Lake Iron Company of Chicago, built a pig iron plant here. The plant began operations in 1881, turning iron ore brought in by barges from the Upper Peninsula into pig iron.

Ironton was platted in September 1894, but the plant failed in 1893.

The Ironton Ferry carries traffic across the south arm.

[edit] Sources

  • Romig, Walter. Michigan Place Names. Wayne State University Press: Detroit, 1986.
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