Irvington

History

The local post office was first established as Merino (for the nearby Mt. Merino Seminary) on February 16, 1885. However, two area businessmen, R.M. Jolly and Edgar L. Bennett, anticipating the route of the Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad, purchased of farmland at the site and then, with the help of the railroad's employees, platted a new community over the 1888–89 winter. This was named for Irvington, New York, the hometown of the railroad's chief engineer, Eugene Cornwall. Irvington was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1889. In 1933, Holy Guardian Angel Roman Catholic church was moved from nearby Mount Merino to High Street. The move was made when the church at Mount Merino needed too many repairs and it was decided to move closer to the population center.

Geography

Irvington is located at (37.878966, -86.284637). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  273
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  263
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  210
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  197
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  195
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  183
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  180
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  173

Most recent

• M 3.03 — 2023-05-30
  6 km W of Calhoun, Kentucky
• M 2.6 — 2017-10-18
  8 km SE of Lynnville, Indiana
• M 2.6 — 2017-09-16
  4 km WNW of Lynnville, Indiana
• M 2.5 — 2012-04-18
  13 km W of Owensboro, Kentucky