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Ironton is a village in Sauk County, Wisconsin, set along the Little Baraboo River within the surrounding Town of Ironton.

Ironton was named for deposits of iron ore found in the area.

Ironton's charcoal iron furnace, built in 1857 to produce castings and pig iron, operated until the mid-1890s and was described by the Milwaukee Journal as 'once Gary of the North Woods.'

Ironton's furnace depended on an army of local charcoal burners, whose kilns turning hardwood into charcoal employed nearly half of a typical ironworks labor force and helped open Sauk County to settlement.

Ironton had 274 residents in the 2020 census, up from 253 in 2010, when the village had 92 households.

Ironton has had a post office since 1856, a year before its iron furnace was built.

Ironton covers only about a third of a square mile, with Wisconsin Highway 58 running through the village alongside the Little Baraboo River.

Ironton's children are served by the School District of Reedsburg, and the closest school is Ironton-La Valle Elementary School in neighboring La Valle.

Ironton was the birthplace of Thomas A. Livesley, who went on to become mayor of Salem, Oregon, and Moses Ransom Doyon, a mayor of Madison, also lived in Ironton.