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According to the 1990 Census in The Corner Stone of Georgia, there 503 citizens living in Iron City.

In the early days of Iron City, citizens went out and bought farm land for two or three dollars an acre.

In the present day a farmer will be lucky to buy land for $ 4, 000 an acre.

The times in Iron City have changed.

In the early 1900s there were several grocery stores, general stores, and, in the 1950s, gas stations.

Now there are no grocery stores, except for a convenience store where you can buy a loaf of bread.

There is one gas station, a hardware store, Greene Poultry, which employees about 25 people, and a mechanic shop.

Instead of the iron ore making the town larger with more businesses, the town has actually gone down in economy.

The town is a small rural community that relies greatly on farming.