IRON RIVER, a city of iron county, Michigan, U.S.A., in the western part of the Upper Peninsula, 5 m. from the Wis consin State line (the Menominee river). It is on Federal high way 2, and is served by the Chicago and North Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railways. The popula tion was 4,295 in 1920 and was 4,665 in 1930. Twenty-five
active iron mines in the county in 1926 produced 4,271,358 gross tons of ore. Lumbering and agriculture also are important in the region, and the city has several manufacturing plants. Iron River was settled about 1875 and was incorporated in 1926 with a city manager form of government.