Facts About Irving
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Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. “Otto” Schulze and Otis Brown.
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Irving was incorporated on April 14, 1914, with Otis Brown as the first mayor.
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On May 8, 2020, the city’s local poultry plant run by Westfield, Wisconsin-based Brakebush Bros.
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The city has a total area of 67.7 square miles, of which 67.2 square miles of it is land and 0.4 square miles of it is water.
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Irving has a sister city relationship with five cities Espoo, Finland; Darkhan, Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia; León, Guanajuato, Mexico; Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France; Marino, Rome & Lazio, Italy.
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Irving is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
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The estimated population of Irving is 239,783, as of 2019.
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Irving began in 1889 as a settlement called Gorbit. In 1894 the name of the settlement was changed to Kit, and its location was shifted to accommodate an anticipated railroad route.
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Irving hosted one of the most famous teams in National Football League (NFL) history, the Dallas Cowboys, from 1971 to 2008.
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One of the blackest days in Irving history occurred on 2nd August 1985, when Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed while approaching the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
