Irving, Eugene, Oregon

Irving was an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, and now within the Eugene city limits. Irving Depot was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad's Valley Line between Eugene and Junction City, first named "Halletts" when the line was built in 1872.cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |authorlink= Lewis A. McArthur |coauthors= Lewis L. McArthur |title= Oregon Geographic Names |origyear= 1928 |edition= Seventh Edition |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |id= ISBN 0-87595-277-1 |pages= 208, 502] J. L. Hallett had built the first convert|100|mi of the line and supervised the construction of the rest of the line to Roseburg. In 1876, the name of the station was changed to Irving, probably for William Irving, who was a settler in the area. "Irvine" post office was established in January of the same year, and the name corrected to Irving in October; the post office ran until 1919.

Irving Christian Church (now known as the Sonrise Christian Church) was moved from the Clear Lake area, two miles east of Fern Ridge Reservoir, in 1899.cite web |url= http://ncbible.org/nwh/OrLaneWest.html#irving |title= Church History: Lane County, Oregon |work= Pioneer History to About 1900: Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest |publisher= Northwest College of the Bible |accessdate= 2008-04-19] Irving Elementary School is served by the Bethel School District.

ee also

*Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon

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