The per capita income for the town was $12,161. About 12.9% of families and 23.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.4% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over. History The original name of Iron City was Brooklyn. When the town was incorporated on December 20, 1900, its name was changed because much of the town's mail was sent to Brooklet, Georgia. According to the Seminole County Historical Society, it is believed that the name "Iron City" came about when a new well was being dug and hit a spot of iron ore. The citizens of Iron City thought that the discovery would bring great wealth to the people of the town. The Alabama Midland Railroad was built near the town in 1889. A large two-story hotel housed the railroad crews. Some of the first buildings on the site of Iron City were log cabins which sprang up around a saw mill, Southern Supply Company, and Joe Ausley's Turpentine Distillery. According to Chastine Burke, who moved to Iron City in 1930, Iron City had a cotton gin, Strickland Cotton Gin, around 1936. The citizens of Iron City originally had to travel a few miles to the community of to Rock Pond to pick up their mail. According to the Iron City Ladies' Club, the first post office was established around 1889 in the back of a general merchandise store, with John L. Miller as the postmaster. Retired postmaster Sara Robinson stated that the new post office was built in 1962. In 1996, the town moved the post office to its present location on US Highway 84 and GA Highway 38. According to the Ladies' Club, the first mayor was Ish Strickland, who was appointed by the governor. His aldermen were J.L. Dickerson, E.S. Perry, John Lane, and W.D. Archer. Schools The first school in Iron City was a private school, held in a log cabin with dirt floors. Its first teacher was Linnie Keen Campbell Lane. The second school was classified as a consolidated rural school. Bryan Collier taught grades one through ten. This school had a combination of a library and music room. An auditorium was added in 1915. The second school was destroyed by a fire on June 15, 1931. A new school was built and ready for students by early fall of 1931. According to Chastine Burke, who