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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Irving. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Irving to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Irving, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Irving (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Irving. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Irving is historic, it would have been located within present day Marin County.

To see how the shape of California's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marin County: Contra Costa, San Francisco & Sonoma.

Below are the counties that are near Irving. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Irving:

  • Marin County     (The home county of Irving)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Forest Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lagunitas - Forest Knolls
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Lagunitas
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Shafter
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Shafter is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
    • Tocaloma
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
    • Five Brooks
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Five Brooks is located in Marin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Brooks
    • San Geronimo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Nicasio
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Olema
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodacre
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Point Reyes Station
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fairfax
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Bolinas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Alameda County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Albany
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • University Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • University Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Village
    • Berkeley
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Normandy Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Normandy Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Normandy Village
    • Rochedale Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Rochedale Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochedale Village
    • Campbell Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Campbell Village is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell Village
    • Emeryville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • South Berkeley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • South Berkeley is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Berkeley
      • Former name for South Berkeley:
      • Lorin
    • West Oakland
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • West Oakland is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Oakland
    • Oakland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Piedmont
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brooklyn ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Brooklyn is located in Alameda County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
      • Former names for Brooklyn:
      • Antonio
      • Clinton
  • Contra Costa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Point Richmond
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Atchison Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Atchison Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchison Village
    • Nystrom Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Nystrom Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nystrom Village
    • San Pablo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Sobrante
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Sobrante is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sobrante
    • Easter Hill Village
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Easter Hill Village is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easter Hill Village
    • Richmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Richmond is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 110,038 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <2>
    • Rollingwood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Rollingwood is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rollingwood
    • Bayview
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Bayview is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayview
    • East Richmond Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • East Richmond Heights is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Richmond Heights
    • Gateley
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Gateley is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateley
    • Tara Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Tara Hills is located in Contra Costa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tara Hills
    • El Cerrito
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Napa County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Merazo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Merazo is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merazo
    • American Canyon
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lombard
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lombard is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard
    • Middleton
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Middleton is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Suscol ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Suscol is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suscol
      • Suscol has also been known as:
      • Soscol
      • Susqual
    • Napa
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Napa is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <2>
    • Union
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Union is located in Napa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • San Francisco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Doelger City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Doelger City is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doelger City
    • Amanico Ergina Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Amanico Ergina Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amanico Ergina Village
    • Friendship Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Friendship Village is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship Village
    • Golden Gate Heights
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Golden Gate Heights is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Gate Heights
    • Chinatown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Chinatown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chinatown
    • San Francisco
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Sydney Town ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Sydney Town is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sydney Town
    • Mission District
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Mission District is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission District
    • Stonestown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Stonestown is located in San Francisco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonestown
  • San Mateo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Westlake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Westlake is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
    • Broadmoor Village
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Broadmoor Village is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor Village
    • Broadmoor
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Broadmoor is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadmoor
    • Daly City
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Colma
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Colma is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colma
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,689 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colma <2>
    • Brisbane
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pacifica
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Fairway Park
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Fairway Park is located in San Mateo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairway Park
    • South San Francisco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Solano County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Guadalcanal Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Guadalcanal Village is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalcanal Village
    • Mare Island ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Mare Island is located in Solano County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mare Island
    • Vallejo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Sonoma County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.
    • Lakeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lakeville is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville
    • Petaluma
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Sears Point
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Sears Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sears Point
    • Ely ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Ely is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
    • Penngrove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • McGill
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • McGill is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
    • Stony Point
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Stony Point is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Point
    • Wingo ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Wingo is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
    • Bloomfield
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Bloomfield is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
    • Cotati
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Temelec
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Temelec is located in Sonoma County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temelec
    • Rohnert Park
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • El Verano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Irving, see our County-by-County Page for Irving.

Cemeteries Near Irving ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irving.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Irving - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Irving covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.

  • Taylors Grave Site
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Olema Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Mission San Rafael Arcangel Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Valley Memorial Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Fernwood Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Two Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • B'nai Israel Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Petaluma Calvary Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cypress Hill Memorial Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Tomales Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (67 more) ...
    • Liberty Cemetery
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • San Francisco National Cemetery
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco National Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Francisco National Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in San Francisco.
      • The San Francisco National Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Post Cemetery
      • Presidio Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #8344 <3>
    • Bloomfield Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Bloomfield Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Bloomfield.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

While we didn't find Irving in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Irving.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Irving, with the one closest to Irving listed first.

  • Taylorville ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Taylorville is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorville
  • Tocaloma
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Tocaloma is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocaloma
  • San Geronimo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Nicasio
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Olema
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Point Reyes Station
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bolinas
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fairfax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Ross
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Ross is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,479 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ross <2>
  • San Anselmo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Millerton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Millerton is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerton
  • Ignacio
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Ignacio is located in Marin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Novato
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Larkspur
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenbrae
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Irving. See our List of 1890's Communities around Irving.

Newspapers Published in Irving ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 48 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irving.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irving, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Irving.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Irving:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Irving, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Irving) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.