It was historically nicknamed "Skulltown" for its three large cemeteries: Loudon Park, Mount Olivet and New Cathedral.

[1] The community's boundary with the Gwynns Falls neighborhood is drawn by Caton Avenue and the MARC Penn Line.

Its boundary with Yale Heights follows Maiden Choice Run from Frederick Avenue (north) to Loudon Park Cemetery (south).

[1] On September 26, 1838, Cyrus Irving Ditty was born in West River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

In 1861, he joined Confederate Service, Company F of First Maryland Cavalry where he met Augustus Schwartze.

The couple had five children, Augusta, Sophia, Roberta, Henry and George Irving (twins).

Mr. Ditty had three dirt streets laid out, running north and south between the two turnpikes.

(Known as "The Schwartze Mansion," it is listed on the Maryland National Register properties as a historical landmark.)

It operates only on weekdays, from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.[5] An estimated 37.6% of the neighborhood's population commutes to work on the MTA buses in 2022.

[1] Mount St. Joseph College, located at 4403 Frederick Avenue in Irvington, is a Catholic high school for boys in grades 9 through 12.

As enrollment grew rapidly, a separate school building was constructed in Irvington at 3601 Old Frederick Road.

The school had steady enrollment until an increasing number of families began moving to the suburbs.

Since it opened at 4113 Frederick Avenue in January 1925, the Irvington Theatre, with its marquee sign was a prominent landmark of the community.

After remodeling in 1967, it was renamed the Irvington Cinema and began screening classic and foreign films.

In 1868, the Passionists built a small wooden church on a tract of land along Frederick Avenue, opposite Loudon Park Cemetery.

In 1931, Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley placed the cornerstone for the parish's current church building.