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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.

Irvington within Breckinridge County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Irvington 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,181
20201,231+50 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1998

Regional 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/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
11 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
7 March 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
3 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Breckinridge County

Storms near this place

20 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006Flash FloodIrvington1 killed, $10,000Fast 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 2017Thunderstorm WindIrvington$30,000Local broadcast media reported that severe thunderstorm winds brought down utility poles and power lines on Highway 79 just north of Irvington.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIrvington$30,000Several trees fell across cars in Irvington.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindIrvington$25,000A tree was blown on to a mobile home.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindIrvington$20,000Local broadcast media reported power lines down across KY 79.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Power outages were reported in Irvington.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Trees and power lines were downed in Irvington.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindIrvington-A report arrived via amateur radio that trees and power lines were down across the county.
December 2013Flash FloodIrvington-A spotter reported via HAM radio that KY HWY 60 was under water near the Dollar Store in Irvington.
April 2013HailIrvington-Ping pong sized hail fell in Irvington.
May 2004Flash FloodIrvington-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 1995Thunderstorm WindIrvington-Winds in excess of 60 mph reported by HAM radio operator.
March 2025HailIrvington-no account filed
May 2012HailIrvington-no account filed
April 2009HailIrvington-no account filed
May 2006HailIrvington-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindIrvington-no account filed
May 2002HailIrvington-no account filed
November 2002HailIrvington-no account filed
May 2000HailIrvington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Breckinridge County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Basin Spring2.9 miles16
Webster3.0 miles15
Bewleyville3.5 miles14
Clifton Mills5.6 miles17
Rosetta5.8 miles16
Raymond5.9 miles15
Lodiburg6.5 miles17
Corners6.6 miles14

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 IrvingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2128681The 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.