This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zMB.2ACI/868 Message Board Post: Taken from the book: "Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford & Gasconade Counties Missouri" History of Missouri chapters, page 187 giving, "Dates of the organization of the counties, origin of their names, etc." Iron {county name}--Organized February 17, 1857, and named for its principal mineral. The origin of the name of its county sear, Ironton is apparent. NOTE: This book was originally published in 1888. My reprint is from 1970. Information given here was from the original time period so county seats may have changed.