Irwin, California

Coordinates: 37°23′49″N 120°51′00″W / 37.39694°N 120.85000°W / 37.39694; -120.85000
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Irwin
Irwin is located in California
Irwin
Irwin
Location in California
Irwin is located in the United States
Irwin
Irwin
Irwin (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°23′49″N 120°51′00″W / 37.39694°N 120.85000°W / 37.39694; -120.85000
Country United States
StateCalifornia
CountyMerced County
Elevation30 m (98 ft)

Irwin is an unincorporated community in Merced County, California, United States.[1] It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west-northwest of Delhi and about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Hilmar,[2] at an elevation of 98 feet (30 m).[1] For census purposes, Irwin is aggregated with nearby communities in the census-designated place Hilmar-Irwin, California.

A post office operated at Irwin from 1911 to 1958.[2] The name honors W.A. Irwin, founder of the town.[2]

In the early twentieth century, Irwin had a schoolhouse with several teachers, three churches, a hotel, and two cream shipping stations. Much of the population of the time was of Swedish descent.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Irwin, California
  2. ^ a b c Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 786. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Merced County, California. Merced, CA: Merced Evening Sun (Supplement). 1913.