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Irving Information
Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas
County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615.
Irving is within the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan division of the
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, designated by the U.S. Census
Bureau and colloquially referred to as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Irving contains the Las Colinas area, including the Mustangs at Las Colinas,
which is the largest equestrian sculpture in the world. Irving has the
headquarters of ExxonMobil, Michael's Stores, and Zale Corporation, and the
national headquarters for the Boy Scouts of America. Irving is home to the
Dallas Cowboys. It is also home of the world famous John Davies, friend of Chet
Teti.
Part of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, which serves the cities of
Dallas and Fort Worth, is inside the city limits of Irving.
Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. "Otto" Schulze and Otis Brown. It is
believed that literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus
Brown, and consequently the name of the townsite, Irving, was chosen. Irving
originally began in 1889 as an area called Gorbit, and in 1894 the name changed
to Kit. Irving was incorporated April 14, 1914, with Otis Brown as the first
mayor.
By the late nineteeth century the Irving area was the site of churches, two
cotton gins, a blacksmith shop and a general store. The Irving district public
school system dates back to the 1909 establishment of Kit and Lively schools.
Population growth was slow and sometimes halting, with only 357 residents in
1925, but a significant increase began in the 1930s.
By the early 1960s the city had a population of approximately 45,000. A number
of manufacturing plants operated in Irving, along with transportation, retail
and financial businesses. The University of Dallas in Irving opened in 1956, and
Texas Stadium was completed in 1971 as the home park of the Dallas Cowboys.
Irving's population reached 155,037 in 1990 and is currently (2004) estimated at
194,547. Former Irving City Council member Mayor Herbert Gears was elected to a
three-year term in June, 2005.
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