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IRVING ,
TEXAS
Dallas County,
North Central Texas
State Highway 183
12 miles West of Dallas
Population: 191,615 (2000) 174,000 (1990)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
Originally called Gorbit, Irving had a post office under that name
from 1889 to 1894.
In 1894 they moved the post office in anticipation of a proposed railroad
and the name was changed to Kit – for reasons lost to history. The
railroad line arrived, but not were they were expecting it.
A timeline
of significant events in Irving’s history:
1894: Under the
name of Kit, the town had two gins, a blacksmith shop, general store
and churches.
1902: Julius Schulze and Otis Brown promote another location closer
to the railroad and donate land for a depot. According to legend,
Mrs. Brown was given the honor of naming the town. She named it after
the author Washington Irving.
1904: The former Kit post office moves to Irving
1909: the Kit and Lively schools became the core units of the Irving
district schools.
1912: The town had a population of 500
1914: Irving was incorporated
1925: the population was 357
1950: the population was 2,575
Since Irving’s growth has been recent and huge, there are not a lot
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Irving Attractions
Dallas Cowboys
Football Club/Texas Stadium
Las Colinas
Complex
Irving Convention and Visitor’s Bureau: 1-800-2-Irving
Website: www.irvingtexas.com
Contact the visitors and convention bureau for a complete list of
attractions.
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