Irby is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in southern
Lincoln County,
Washington, United States, west of
Odessa
ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-pl ...
, north of
State Route 28 on Irby Road. The
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three Transcontinental railroad, transcontine ...
runs through the town. It was founded as a
ranch
A ranch (from /Mexican Spanish) is an area of landscape, land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of farm. These terms are most often ap ...
in 1878 by John Irby.
A post office called Irby was established in 1907, and remained in operation until 1962.
Geography
Irby is located on
Crab Creek.
References
External links
Washington State Department of Ecology water quality monitoring station 43A070: Crab Creek at Irby
Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Washington
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