Disappearing cities and villages of the Buckeye State: Ironton, Ohio

It all started here.

Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch, 7/7/2013

The town he founded in 1849, Ironton, became the center of the nation’s pig-iron industry. There were more than 90 iron ore furnaces in the area both before and after the Civil War. Iron from one of the local foundaries was used for one of the country’s first ironclad ships, the USS Monitor.

Source:  Wikipedia

Ironton's population peaked at 16,333 in 1950.  Its 2017 estimated population is 10,722 -- a drop of 5,611 (34%).

The City of Ironton is located on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Lawrence County.  It is located 132 miles east of Cincinnati.  The county's population peaked at 63,849 in 1980, and its current estimated population is 60,249, a drop of 5.6%.

Other disappearing cities of the Buckeye State:
Cleveland.  (1/2/2019)
East Liverpool.  (2/18/2019)
Gallipolis.  (2/23/2019)
Martins Ferry.  (2/21/2019)
Pomeroy.  (2/22/2019)
Steubenville.  (2/20/2019)
Warren.  (1/18/2019)
Youngstown.  (1/9/2019)

Disappearing cities and boroughs of the Keystone State

Aliquippa.  (1/12/2019)
Ambridge.  (1/17/2019)
Arnold.  (1/18/2019)
Braddock.  (1/19/2019)
Bradford, (1/20/2019)
Carbondale.  (1/21/2019)
Charleroi.  (1/22/2019)
Chester.  (1/23/2019)
Clairton.  (1/24/2019)
Coraopolis.  (1/25/2019)
Dickson City.  (1/26/2019)
Donora.  (1/27/2019)
Duquesne.  (1/28/2019)
Farrell.  (1/29/2019)
Harrisburg.  (2/12/2019)
Homestead.  (1/30/2019)
Johnstown.  (1/6/2019)
McKees Rocks.  (1/31/2019)
McKeesport.  (2/1/2019)
Monessen.  (2/2/2019)
Nanticoke.  (2/3/2019)
New Castle.  (2/4/2019)
New Kensington.  (2/5/2019)
Oil City.  (2/6/2019)
Pittsburgh.  (1/13/2019)
Pittston. (2/7/2019)
Scranton.  (1/14/2019)
Shamokin.  (2/8/2019)
Sharon.  (2/9/2019)
Steelton.  (2/11/2019)
Swissvale.  (2/13/2019)
Titusville.  (2/10/2019)
Uniontown.  (2/14/2019)
Washington.  (2/15/2019)
Willkes-Barre.  (2/16/2019)
Wiklinsburg.  (2/17/2018)

Other U.S. disappearing cities

Baltimore, Maryland.  (12/31/2018)
Benton Harbor, Michigan.  (1/15/2019)
Buffalo, New York, (1/8/2019)
Cairo, Illinois.   (1/5/2019)
Detroit, Michigan.  (1/1/2019)
East St. Louis, Illinois.  (1/11/2019)
Flint, Michigan.  (1/7/2019)
Gary, Indiana.  (1/4/2019)
St. Louis, Missouri.  (1/2/2019)
Wheeling, West Virginia.  (1/16/2019)