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Welcome to Irving ...

Irving is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Irving, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Irving is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Irving lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Irving ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Irving - they are located in California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Irving ...

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

  • Sparta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Sparta is located in Monroe County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,800 people
  • Black River Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Black River Falls is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,454 people
  • Blair
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Blair is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,330 people
  • Rockland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Rockland is located in La Crosse County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
  • Merrillan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Merrillan is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 522 people
  • Ettrick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Ettrick is located in Trempealeau County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 511 people
  • Alma Center
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Alma Center is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 491 people
  • Melrose
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Melrose is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
  • Taylor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Taylor is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
  • Hixton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hixton is located in Jackson County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people

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 Irving. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Irving.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Irving. 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 Irving.

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

Adding Irving to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Irving 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 (so far) for Irving was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Irving post office opened in 1866. The Irving post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Irving.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Irving - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/