Welcome to Irene ...

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

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

Irene would have been located within present day Shelby County<2>.

The location of Irene has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Irene, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Irene is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Irene was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Irene would have been located in the (901) area code.

Communities Also Named Irene ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Irene - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Irene.

Communities near Irene ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Irene.

• Memphis
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
  • Memphis is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 649,705 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Memphis <5>
• Bartlett
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bartlett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bartlett
  • Bartlett is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bartlett <5>
• Southaven
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southaven have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southaven
  • Southaven is located in DeSoto County (MS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,644 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Southaven <5>
• Collierville
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collierville
  • Collierville is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 51,441 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collierville <5>
• Olive Branch
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olive Branch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Branch
  • Olive Branch is located in DeSoto County (MS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,646 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Branch <5>
• Germantown
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germantown
  • Germantown is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,186 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Germantown <5>
• Spring Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
  • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
• Horn Lake
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn Lake
  • Horn Lake is located in DeSoto County (MS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,282 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horn Lake <5>
• Hernando
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hernando
  • Hernando is located in DeSoto County (MS)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,854 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hernando <5>
• Lakeland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakeland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeland
  • Lakeland is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lakeland <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Irene. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Irene.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Irene. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Irene.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Irene. See our Newspapers Page for Irene.

Adding Irene to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Irene in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Irene was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Irene post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Irene.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountytn.gov/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/