Do you know of Irving ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Irving. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Irving.

We found mention of Irving as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Harrison County, West Virginia.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Irving ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Irving.

Within West Virginia, the name Irving is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Marin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Irving [Marin County].
- Illinois
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Irving [Montgomery County].
- Iowa
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Irving [Benton County].
- Kansas
  - Marshall County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Irving [Marshall County].
- Kentucky
  - Pendleton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Irving [Pendleton County].
- Michigan
  - Barry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Irving [Barry County].
- Minnesota
  - Kandiyohi County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Irving [Kandiyohi County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Louis County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Irving [Saint Louis County].
- Nevada
  - Eureka County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Irving [Eureka County].
- New York
  - Chautauqua County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Irving [Chautauqua County].
- Oklahoma
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Irving [Jefferson County].
- Oregon
  - Lane County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Irving [Lane County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Schuylkill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Irving [Schuylkill County].
- South Carolina
  - Greenwood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Irving [Greenwood County].
- South Dakota
  - Spink County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Irving [Spink County].
- Texas
  - Dallas County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Irving [Dallas County].
- Virginia
  - Bedford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Irving [Bedford County].
- Wisconsin
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Irving [Jackson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Irving ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Irving:

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Irving.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/40348 (Place Name: Irving)

County: Harrison (FIPS State/County: 54/033)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Irving) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Harrison County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Harrison County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Irving could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.