Irvington, Iowa

Irvington, Iowa is a census-designated place in Irvington Township, Kossuth County, Iowa, United States.^[1]

History

'Old' Irvington was founded in 1856. When the Northwestern Railway was being built through the Irvington Township in 1881, the town was moved and 'New' Irvington was laid out.^[2] The community was named for author Washington Irving.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Irvington, Iowa
↑ Reed, Benjamin F. (1913). History of Kossuth County, Iowa, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 585–586.
↑ 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.

Municipalities and communities of Kossuth County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Algona

Cities	Algona Bancroft Burt Fenton Lakota Ledyard Lone Rock Lu Verne‡ Swea City Titonka Wesley West Bend‡ Whittemore

Townships	Buffalo Burt Cresco Eagle Fenton Garfield German Grant Greenwood Harrison Hebron Irvington Ledyard Lincoln Lotts Creek Lu Verne Plum Creek Portland Prairie Ramsey Riverdale Seneca Sherman Springfield Swea Union Wesley Whittemore

CDPs	Irvington Sexton St. Benedict St. Joseph

Unincorporated communities	Galbraith Gerled

Ghost town	Plum Creek

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°00′27″N 94°11′44″W / 43.00750°N 94.19556°W / 43.00750; -94.19556

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