Irvington, Iowa

Irvington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Irvington Township, Kossuth County, Iowa, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census it had a population of 38.[1]

Irvington, Iowa
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 43°0′25″N 94°11′45″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Kossuth
Township	Irvington
Area [1]
• Total	0.94 sq mi (2.43 km^2)
• Land	0.94 sq mi (2.43 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation	1,152 ft (351 m)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	38
• Density	41/sq mi (15.7/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	50560
Area code(s)	515
FIPS code	19-38955
GNIS feature ID	0457862

History

"Old" Irvington was founded in 1856. When the Northwestern Railway was being built through Irvington Township in 1881, the townsite was moved and "New" Irvington was laid out.[3] The community was named for author Washington Irving.[4]

Geography

Irvington is in southern Kossuth County, in the southwest corner of Irvington Township. It sits on a low bluff on the east side of the East Fork of the Des Moines River. It is 5 miles (8 km) south-southeast of Algona, the county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Irvington CDP has an area of 0.94 square miles (2.43 km²), all land.[1]

References

1. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Irvington CDP, Iowa". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Irvington, Iowa
3. Reed, Benjamin F. (1913). History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 585–586.
4. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 87.