Iron Belt, Wisconsin

Iron Belt is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Iron Belt is located on Wisconsin Highway 77 southwest of Montreal, in the town of Knight. Iron Belt has a post office with ZIP code 54536.^[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 158.^[3]

Iron Belt, Wisconsin
Census-designated place
Looking east at downtown Iron Belt on WIS77
Location in Iron County and the state of Wisconsin.
Coordinates: 46°24′02″N 90°19′28″W
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Iron
Town	Knight
Area
• Total	2.451 sq mi (6.35 km2)
• Land	2.451 sq mi (6.35 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,555 ft (474 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	158
• Density	64/sq mi (25/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	54536
Area codes	715 & 534
GNIS feature ID	1566963[1]

Sign on WIS77

The most famous thing about Iron Belt is that it was the birthplace of Karl Emil Nygard who was the first and only Mayor in U.S. history that was a Communist.