Celebrating Iron Hill's Rich Ore Tradition

Iron Hill's ore banks, worked from before the Civil War into the 1920s, made Bartow County Georgia's iron heartland—producing more than half the state's iron ore and feeding furnaces along the Etowah.

Celebrating Iron Hill's Rich Ore Tradition is a historical marker in Emerson, Bartow County. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1549, -84.7007 near Emerson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Battle of Allatoona, Etowah and the War, and Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.