Ironton is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, located in the U.S. state of Texas.

Martin named the town for the ruins of a nearby iron manufacturing plant and promoted settlement in the area in 1904.

U.S. Highway 79 was routed east of the International-Great Northern Railroad and bypassed Ironton toward Palestine.

The last store in the community burned to the ground in 1930 and another was built on the east side of the highway.

Edgar W. Brittain took over and opened a service station in 1931, operating both until 1968 and serving as postmaster until mail was transferred to Jacksonville in 1955.