Irving, Texas Irving, Texas City of Irving Clockwise from top left: Urban Towers at Las Colinas, the former Texas Stadium, Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, Downtown Las Colinas Skyline, The Mustangs at Las Colinas Clockwise from top left: Urban Towers at Las Colinas, the former Texas Stadium, Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, Downtown Las Colinas Skyline, The Mustangs at Las Colinas Flag of Irving, Texas Location of Irving in Dallas County, Texas Location of Irving in Dallas County, Texas Irving, Texas is positioned in the US Irving, Texas - Irving, Texas Irving (/ rv e/ ur-ving) is a principal town/city located in Dallas County in the U.S.
According to a 2013 estimate from the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city population was 228,653 making it the thirteenth most crowded city in Texas.
Irving is part of the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex.
Irving includes the Las Colinas community, one of the first master-planned developments in the United States and once the biggest mixed-use evolution in the Southwest with a territory area of more than 12,000 acres (4,856 ha).
In January 2011 the town/city instead of the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas and continues to precarious the region into a mixed-use complex including a special entertainment district.
Part of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport lies inside the town/city limits of Irving.
See also: Timeline of Irving, Texas Texas Stadium, the now-demolished former home of the Dallas Cowboys in Irving.
It is believed that literary author Washington Irving was a favorite of Netta Barcus Brown, and consequently the name of the town site, Irving, was chosen.
Irving originally began in 1889 as an region 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 nineteenth century the Irving region was the site of churches, two cotton gins, a blacksmith shop and a general store.
The Irving precinct enhance school fitness dates back to the 1909 establishment of Kit and Lively schools.
The University of Dallas in Irving opened in 1956, and Texas Stadium was instead of in 1971 as the home field of the Dallas Cowboys.
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crashed in Irving on August 2, 1985. Irving's populace reached 155,037 in 1990 and the United States Enumeration estimated 236,607 inhabitants in 2016, a 3.5 percent populace increase over 2013 census estimates. Joseph Rice recorded the history of Irving in his 1989 book, Irving: A Texas Odyssey (Northridge, California: Windsor Publications ISBN 978-0-89781-300-6).
Rice explored Irving's past and culture in his treatment of the city.
Irving, Texas According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 67.7 square miles (175 km2), of which 67.2 square miles (174 km2) of it is territory and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (0.65%) is water.
The average coolest month is January, and the lowest recorded temperature was 8 F ( 22 C) in 1899. Irving is considered to be part of the humid subtropical region.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 39.4% from 25 to 44, 17.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 91,128 housing units at an average density of 1,356 per square mile (523.3/km ). The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 53.1% White (30.8% Non-Hispanic White), 12.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 14.0% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 16.2% from other competitions, and 3.5% from two or more competitions. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 41.1% of the population. In the city, 29% of the populace was under the age of 19, 8% was between ages 20 to 24, 35.8% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.3 years.
Males had an estimated median income of $40,986 versus $36,518 for females. The per capita income for the town/city was $26,970. About 13.2% of families and 16.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.5% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. The Hispanic and Latino inhabitants have moved into areas of easterly Irving, which contain older neighborhoods than other areas of Irving. The biggest Asian ethnic group in Irving is the Asian Indians. As of 2009 the Indians have mainly settled in adjacency to high technology companies, into an region in Irving along Texas State Highway 114, In order to absorb the Indian population, dense condominium and rental properties have opened in Irving. According to the City's 2012-13 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city are: 3 Irving Mall 2,100 Several large businesses have command posts in Irving, including Caliber Home Loans, Chuck E.
The command posts of Nokia America and NEC Corporation of America are positioned in Irving.
Perhaps as a result of the Nokia-Irving connection, Irving is twinned with Nokia's command posts city, Espoo in Finland.
Irving was the home of Texas Stadium, the former home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys.
Irving Independent School District (IISD) high schools play football and other sports at Irving Schools Stadium.
Irving sponsors a citywide high-school age ice hockey team, the Irving Wolfpack of the D/FW Junior Varsity GOLD league.
Irving is the home of two Football Bowl Subdivision conferences: the Big 12 Conference and Conference USA. See also: List of mayors of Irving, Texas Prior to the November 2008 elections, Irving banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in stores, making it the biggest in populace dry suburb in North Texas.
On the third attempt, with heavy monetary backing by retailers, voters narrowly voted in favor of the measure in 2008. People in favor of changing Irving's liquor laws saw the interest in the 2008 United States Presidential Election as a catalyst for changing the laws in their favor. In 2009 Irving had a town/city council that was entirely at-large.
While Irving has a large populace of ethnic minorities, the entire town/city council and the mayor's office, was entirely non-Hispanic White.
Manny Benavidez, a resident of Irving, filed a lawsuit against the town/city in federal court in November 2007, saying that the voting fitness was not in compliance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
On July 15, 2009, a federal judge ruled that Irving is required to problematic a new electoral fitness so that ethnic minority delegates may be voted into office. In 2010 elections, which encompassed one at-large seat and two district-seats, three new council members were elected, replacing two incumbents and adding a newly created seat.
The town/city of Irving is a voluntary member of the North Central Texas Council of Governments association, the purpose of which is to coordinate individual and collective small-town governments and facilitate county-wide solutions, eliminate unnecessary duplication, and enable joint decisions.
The Parkland Health & Hospital System (Dallas County Hospital District) operates the Irving Health Center. The United States Postal Service operates postal services in Irving.
The Irving Main Post Office is positioned at 2701 West Irving Boulevard. Other postal services in the town/city include Central Irving, Las Colinas, and Valley Ranch. Most of Irving is served by the Irving Independent School District (IISD).
The primary high schools serving the Irving region are: Irving High School (IISD) Uplift Education, a charter school operator, has its administrative offices in Irving. Uplift has two charter school campuses in Irving: Infinity Preparatory (K-5, 6-8, and 9-10, with a plan to build out to K-12) and North Hills Preparatory (K-12). Winfree Academy Charter School and Manara Academy Elementary are positioned in Irving.
Irving is home to Cistercian Preparatory School, a university-preparatory school for boys, grades 5 through 12.
Irving is also home to The Highlands School, a university-preparatory school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Luke and Holy Family of Nazareth School, are positioned in Irving.
Irving also is home to the Islamic School of Irving (Pre-K to 12).
The Sloan School (Pre-K to 5) and Stone - Gate Christian Academy (K4 to 12) are Christian private schools operating in Irving.
The Airport Freeway, SH 183, runs east-west in the center of the city, while LBJ Freeway or I-635 crosses the northern edge of the town/city in the same direction.
Irving is one of 13 member-cities of the Dallas region's transit agency, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART).
Currently, Irving is served by various bus routes and has two stops along the Trinity Railway Express route. In addition, DART's Orange Line through runs through Irving and Las Colinas to DFW Airport. This joins northern Irving with Dallas through rail in addition to existing bus routes.
Linda Harper-Brown, member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 105 in Irving, 2003-2015 Matt Rinaldi, attorney, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Dallas County, and Irving resident Irving has a sister town/city relationship with six cities: "City of Irving Texas".
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