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Introduction ...

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 Irvington (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 Irvington. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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.

Irvington is located in Kossuth County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kossuth County: Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Faribault (MN) & Martin (MN).

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

  • Kossuth County     (The home county of Irvington)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • Algona
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Sexton
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lu Verne
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Wesley
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Wesley is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Whittemore
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
    • Burt
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Burt is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
    • Lone Rock
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Titonka
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Titonka is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Titonka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 433 people
    • Fenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Fenton is located in Kossuth County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
    • Bancroft
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • German Valley
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Seneca
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Gerled
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Emmet County
  • Hancock County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • Corwith
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Corwith is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
    • Hutchins
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Britt
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Kanawha
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Woden
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Duncan
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Crystal Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Crystal Lake is located in Hancock County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lake
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 228 people
    • Goodell
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Klemme
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Garner
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Humboldt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • Livermore
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
    • Bode
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ottosen
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Ottosen is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottosen
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
    • Arnold
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hardy
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Renwick
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rutland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bradgate
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Bradgate is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradgate
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Dakota City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Humboldt
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Gilmore City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Thor
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Pioneer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Pioneer is located in Humboldt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 22 people
  • Palo Alto County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • West Bend
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rodman
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Cylinder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Cylinder is located in Palo Alto County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cylinder
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
    • Emmetsburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Mallard
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Curlew
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Pocahontas County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • Rolfe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Plover
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Havelock
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocahontas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Webster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Irvington, with the one closest to Irvington listed first.
    • Badger
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Clare
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Clare is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clare
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 133 people
    • Vincent
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Vincent is located in Webster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vincent
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 158 people
  • Winnebago County
    • Buffalo Center
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Wright County

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

Cemeteries Near Irvington ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Irvington.

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 Irvington - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Irvington had a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Algona
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Saint Joseph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Saint Joseph is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Sexton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Lu Verne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Livermore
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Livermore is located in Humboldt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livermore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Bode
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wesley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wesley is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
  • Corwith
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Corwith is located in Hancock County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corwith
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 245 people
  • Whittemore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Whittemore is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whittemore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 469 people
  • West Bend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Arnold
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Burt
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Burt is located in Kossuth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Continue List   (14 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Irvington ...

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 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Irvington.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Irvington, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Irvington.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites 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 Irvington:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<3>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 Irvington, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Irvington) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.