Iron Springs | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Iron Springs |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Lethbridge County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Lethbridge County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.26 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 84 |
Population Density Km2: | 325.7 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 49.93°N -112.6875°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Iron Springs is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Lethbridge County. It is located on Highway 25, approximately northeast of Lethbridge. It was founded in 1925 when the railroad arrived.[1] The community was named after a spring of the same name near the original town site.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Iron Springs had a population of 84 living in 24 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 97. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Iron Springs had a population of 97 living in 25 of its 26 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 93. With a land area of 0.26km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]