Irrigon is a city in Morrow County, Oregon, United States, on the Columbia River and U.S. Route 730.

In 1903, a newspaper editor, Addison Bennett, renamed the community Irrigon, a portmanteau assembled from Irrigation and Oregon.

[7] Stokes, the site of a railway station by that name, had a post office that operated from 1876 through 1899; Douglas W. Bailey served as postmaster.

An Irrigon post office was established in 1903; Frank B. Holbrook was the first postmaster.

The largest employer is Western Alfalfa, a company that makes prepared livestock feeds.

They are part of the Morrow County School District, which has its headquarters in Lexington.

[9] In June 2014, the city made the news when it announced that it would pay a bounty of one dollar for each large trash bag of puncturevine, an invasive plant.

17.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.