Iron County, Wisconsin

Iron County
Iron County
County
	The Old Iron County Courthouse (now the Iron County Historical Museum) in Hurley, Wisconsin.
	Location within the U.S. state of Wisconsin
	Wisconsin's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 46°20′N 90°16′W / 46.33°N 90.26°W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Founded	1893
Named for	Iron ore
Seat	Hurley
Largest city	Hurley
Area
• Total	919 sq mi (2,380 km2)
• Land	758 sq mi (1,960 km2)
• Water	161 sq mi (420 km2) 18%
Population (2020)
• Total	6,137
• Estimate (2023)	6,228
• Density	8.1/sq mi (3.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	7th
Website	www.co.iron.wi.gov

Iron County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,137,^[1] making it the third-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Hurley.^[2] It was named for the valuable iron ore found within its borders.^[3]^[4] The county overlaps with small parts of the Bad River and Lac du Flambeau Indian reservations.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2020-census-55051 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 166.
^ "Here's How Iron Got Its Name". The Rhinelander Daily News. June 16, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.