THE IRONTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau setting.
Ironton city has 4.47 square miles of land in Lawrence County. Its Census reference point is in Ohio/Kentucky Carboniferous Plateau, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Ironton and Lawrence County
Ironton is associated with Lawrence County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Ironton by land and water
The Census records 0.28 square miles of water within Ironton, or 6% of its total area. It is 5.1 percentage points higher than the 0.8% recorded for Lawrence County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ironton city has 18.4% of the land area of nearby Upper township (24.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

