Irvington is an old Steamboat town on Carters Creek just of the Rappahannock River. Today Irvington can boost of a top resort, golf courses, a winery, upscale shops, and deep water, which draws a large sailboat contingency. See the annual fireworks sponsored by Tides Inn.
Irvington is in the Northern Neck town of Irvington in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. The population was 673 at the 2000 census and it is located on a peninsula of land known as the Northern Neck. It is the name also of a historic district.

The former Chesapeake Academy was located in Irvington. One of its graduates, Claybrook Cottingham, was later its assistant principal and subsequently in his long academic career the president of both Louisiana College in Pineville and Louisiana Tech University in Ruston.
The historic district, Irvington, also known as Carters Creek, is a 1,107.2-acre (448.1 ha) area that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. In 2000, it included 149 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites and one other contributing structure.
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 673 people, 240 households, and 174 families residing in the the Northern Neck town of Irvington. The population density was 449.0 people per square mile (173.2/km²). There were 325 housing units at an average density of 216.8 per square mile (83.7/km²). The racial makeup of the the Northern Neck town of Irvington was 98.37% White, 1.49% African American and 0.15% Asian.

There were 240 households out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.1% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.61.

In the the Northern Neck town of Irvington the population was spread out with 13.8% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 18 to 24, 13.2% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 46.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 63 years. For every 100 females there were 79.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.6 males.

The median income for a household in the the Northern Neck town of Irvington was $60,139, and the median income for a family was $68,438. Males had a median income of $42,500 versus $25,938 for females. The per capita income for the the Northern Neck town of Irvington was $50,743. About 1.1% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.