Editing Iron City, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Iron City gets its name from an iron [[foundry]] that operated in its vicinity in the late 19th century.  While [[iron ore]] was mined in southwestern Lawrence County as early as the 1830s, the industry really began to thrive in 1886, when a branch railroad line to the area was completed.  Iron City incorporated the following year.<ref name=miller /> At its height, Iron City supported a population of about 1000 and included two hotels and two banks.<ref name=Alligood />