# Irving post office

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/irving-post-office/

- Kind: Post offices and stage stations
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: Douglas County, Colorado
- Point: 39.2837, -104.6903 (from a cited description (good to a quarter mile))

- Updated: 2026-10-07

## What we know

Irving post office, moved from Case June 24, 1913 (John W. Hill, postmaster), discontinued April 15, 1920, mail to Cherry; NE1/4 Sec. 8, T9S R65W, 300 feet north of East Cherry Creek (Bauer, via S-0123). The county map says it was named for W. I. (Washington Irving) Whittier, postmaster, minister, teacher and editor of the Castle Rock Journal.

## Where it was

Pin on the Douglas County Historic Resource Map (DCHR-150, S-0123), placed from Bauer's quarter-section description. Good to about a quarter mile.

Placed from a written description, such as a land section, a distance from a landmark or an old survey note.

## Sources

- S-0016: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0016
- S-0044: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0044
- S-0123: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/#s-0123

## Nearby

- [Frost's Ranch](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/frosts-ranch/): 0.2 mi south
- [Schroyer grave](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/schroyer-grave/): 0.3 mi south
- [Rock Ridge School](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/rock-ridge-school/): 1.2 mi south
- [Golddale post office](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/golddale-post-office/): 1.5 mi north
- [Dumont barn](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/dumont-barn/): 1.8 mi south
- [Great Divide Grange No. 166](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/great-divide-grange-no-166/): 1.9 mi south

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.