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IRVING,
TEXASDallas
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 where 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, for historic attractions, visit the historic Kit
Cemetery & Sowers Cemetery. |
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Irving,
Texas Attractions
Dallas
Cowboys Football Club/Texas Stadium
Las
Colinas ComplexIrving
Hotels
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. |
Irving, Texas ForumSubject:
Irving, Texas
As
I understand it, part of Irving's growth came from swallowing up others.
I'm attaching some photos of the cemetery for Kit.
The markers provide information.
Annexing:
for example, Shady Grove is a name of a major
street in South Irving now but there was a city.
I don't think you'll
find Shady Grove on any maps...I can't find
the site, but as I recall Irving agreed to provide police and fire services that
Grand Prairie would not, so Shady
Grove decided to become part of Irving.
Union
Bower, TX was another city but now it's a road in Irving
Sowers,
TX is another. My GPS actually indicated I was in Sowers
so perhaps it survives as some legal entity. I'm attaching some photos of the
Sowers Cemetery. "Story" is a major road here and
sure enough, there are people with that name in the cemetery.
Thanks for
the website!
- David Cole-Proudly serving the world since 1963
October
09, 2011 |
Texas
Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
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Dallas
County TX 1920s Map showing Irving
(Above
"DA" in "DALLAS")
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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