Irvington, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40146. The Survey maps it on the Irvington quadrangle. 1,231 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
On record in Irvington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Irvington Historic Districtlisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresIrvington grew from 1,181 to 1,231 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,181 | |
| 2020 | 1,231 | +50 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1928 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Hardinsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Irvington quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Irvington between 1998 and 2017, burning about 172 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
20 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irvington in 20 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Irvington | 1 killed, $10,000 | Fast flowing waters swept a car off Dents Bridge Road into Sinking Creek near Irvington. Two adults escaped from the car, but were unable to rescue a child strapped in a car seat before the car was swept away. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | $30,000 | Local broadcast media reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down utility poles and power lines on Highway 79 just north of Irvington. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | $30,000 | Several trees fell across cars in Irvington. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | $25,000 | A tree was blown on to a mobile home. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | $20,000 | Local broadcast media reported power lines down across KY 79. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | - | Power outages were reported in Irvington. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | - | Trees and power lines were downed in Irvington. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | - | A report arrived via amateur radio that trees and power lines were down across the county. |
| December 2013 | Flash Flood | Irvington | - | A spotter reported via HAM radio that KY HWY 60 was under water near the Dollar Store in Irvington. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Irvington | - | Ping pong sized hail fell in Irvington. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Irvington | - | Five to six inches of water were over a road in the town of Irvington. Two inches of water were standing on other roads. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | - | Winds in excess of 60 mph reported by HAM radio operator. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Irvington | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Spring | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Webster | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bewleyville | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Clifton Mills | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Rosetta | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Raymond | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lodiburg | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Corners | 6.6 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Irvington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2128681 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 495028. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









