Iron County - Overview

Iron County is one of the oldest counties in the State of Utah.
Origin of county name: Iron County was named due to iron deposits in the area of Old Iron Town Ruins just west of Cedar City.

Area: 3,300 square miles
Population: 33,800
County seat: Parowan

Principal cities/towns:
Cedar City - 22,000
Parowan - 2,580
Enoch - 3,500

Economy: Agriculture is still a large part of the economy and the way of life in Iron County. The majority of the farmers grow alfalfa, wheat, potatoes, and small vegetables, as their main crops. Iron County has a more balanced and broadly based economy than most of rural Utah. It is located along the Interstate 15, (I-15) corridor.

Other Trades: Government, Education, Wholesale, Retail trade, Services, Light Manufacturing, and Construction, make up the rest.

Other Points of interest: Cedar Breaks National Monument, Iron Mission State Historic Park in Cedar City, Southern Utah State College, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Brian Head Resort, Old Rock Church, Jesse N. Smith Home

Historic Sites in Iron County
Dominquez - Escalante Expediton Trail, Old Iron Town Ruins, Jefferson Hunt Monument, Parawan Gap, Johnson' Fort, Ghost towns, Gold Springs, Stateline, Lund, Modena, Utah

Adventures in Iron County
Canyoneering, Rock Climbing, Golden Spike National Historic Sites, Historic Piute County Courthouse, Panquitch, Utah, Beaver, Utah, Ancient Fremont Indian Culture

Canyoneering

Climbing

• The Dominguez-Escalante Expeditions Journal:

Through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico in 1776

• I Walked to Zion:
- Young Pioneers on the Mormon Trail

• The Gathering of Zion:
- The Story of the Mormon Trail

• National Geographic's Guide to:
- Lewis and Clark Trail

• Hiking Historic Trails
- Utah's Favorite Hiking Trails

• Scenic Driving - Travel guides
- Scenic Driving in Utah

• Historical reading
- The Old Spanish Trail

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