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Iron County is also home to dozens of mountains, [6] including the 1,772-foot (540 m) Taum Sauk Mountain, the highest point in Missouri. The county is home to a number of state parks and historical sites including Taum Sauk Mountain State Park , Elephant Rocks State Park and Fort Davidson State Historic Site as well as 96,047 acres (390 km 2 ...
Located about 80 miles south of St. Louis, the valley includes the towns of Arcadia, Ironton and Pilot Knob, all founded in the 19th century. Arcadia Valley has been a non-indigenous settlement for over 300 years. [citation needed] It became a permanent settlement as a mining community, primarily mining iron and lead ore. [1]
Ironton is a city and the county seat of Iron County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,475 at the 2020 census. [4] [5] History.
Passenger service in the Arcadia Valley was once served by St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway with a northbound depot in Arcadia and a southbound depot in Ironton. [2] A new depot was constructed by Missouri Pacific in 1941 to consolidate the depots in Arcadia and Ironton. [ 2 ]
Pilot Knob is located in the Arcadia Valley of Iron County, Missouri, between the towns of Ironton and Pilot Knob.Pilot Knob, so named because of its distinctive shape and prominent position, [2] reaches an elevation of 1,470 feet (450 m) [3] rising 581 feet (177 m) [4] above the Arcadia Valley floor and has a large deposit of iron ore in its upper regions.
A post office called Iron Mountain was established in 1846, and remained in operation until 1978. [3] The railroad history of the area runs deep, as the railways were key to the distribution of the minerals being mined. [4] The Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was prominent during the development of the Iron Mountain community in the 19th ...
The Iron Mountain was initially established to deliver iron ore from Iron Mountain to St. Louis, Missouri. Once owned by Henry Gudon Marquand and his brother, Frederick Marquand. They were forced out through Jay Gould's railroad monopoly. [1] [2] In 1883 the railway was acquired by Jay Gould, becoming part of a 9,547-mile (15,364 km) system.
Pilot Knob is located on Missouri Route 21 approximately one and a half miles (2.4 km) north-northeast of Ironton and three miles (5 km) southeast of Elephant Rocks State Park. [ 8 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.90 square miles (2.33 km 2 ), of which 0.89 square miles (2.31 km 2 ) is land and 0. ...