Irvington, Kentucky

Irvington is a home rule-class city in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1,181 at the 2010 census.GeographyIrvington is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3km2, all land.HistoryThe local post office was first established as Merino on February 16, 1885. However, two area businessmen, R.M. Jolly and Edgar L. Bennett, anticipating the route of the Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad, purchased of farmland at the site and then, with the help of the railroad's employees, platted a new community over the 1888–89 winter. This was named for Irvington, New York, the hometown of the railroad's chief engineer, Eugene Cornwall. Irvington was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1889.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,257 people, 512 households, and 345 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,166.0 people per square mile (449.4/km²). There were 545 housing units at an average density of 505.5 per square mile (194.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.93% White, 14.40% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 0.80% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.03% of the population.