The story
Read it all →How Irving Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Irving Township.
The first white settlement at Irving Township was made in 1855.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Irving Township
10% of Irving Township’s homes were built before 1940
Its Register listings are the Iowa Tribe Community Building and the Abraham Brien House. Below: maps from 1885 on.
2on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Irving Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Irving Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Irving Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.On the map
Irving Township on the map, 1885 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Irving Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1885Atchison sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Irving Township.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2 historic places in Irving Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2016
Iowa Tribe Community Building
Buildings
All 2 listings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Irving Township
Nobody well known was born in Irving Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Old burying grounds
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Irving Township
KenyonPartlowPleasant HillTesson
Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Irving Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Irving Township?
Two places: the Iowa Tribe Community Building (listed 2016) and the Abraham Brien House (2024).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.