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|official_name = Iron Station, North Carolina<br />
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|subdivision_name = United States<br />
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|subdivision_name1 = [[North Carolina]]<br />
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln]]<br />
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|postal_code = 28080<br />
|area_code = [[Area code 704|704]]<br />
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'''Iron Station''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lincoln County, North Carolina|Lincoln County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. A primarily industrial town, Iron Station's population was 755 as of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US3733820&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Iron Station CDP, North Carolina| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref> It also serves as a bedroom community for the larger cities of [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]], and Lincolnton. Daniel Floyd has been mayor since 2020.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[Ingleside (Iron Station, North Carolina)|Ingleside]], [[Magnolia Grove (Iron Station, North Carolina)|Magnolia Grove]], and [[Tucker's Grove Camp Meeting Ground]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><br />
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Iron Station was named for its history as an iron mining town with a train station.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
The community is southeast of the center of Lincoln County, along [[North Carolina Highway 27]], which leads northwest {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Lincolnton, North Carolina|Lincolnton]], the [[county seat]], and southeast {{convert|25|mi}} to Charlotte.<br />
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According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Iron Station CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.1|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|13938|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.23%, are water.<ref name="Gazetteer 2019">{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_37.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: North Carolina| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref> The community is in the [[Piedmont (United States)|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.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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==Education==<br />
*Iron Station Elementary School<br />
*East Lincoln Middle School<br />
*[[East Lincoln High School]] in Denver<br />
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina]]<br />
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, North Carolina]]<br />
[[Category:Census-designated places in Lincoln County, North Carolina]]<br />
[[Category:Census-designated places in North Carolina]]<br />
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