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Welcome to Ivan ...

Ivan is located in Wakulla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ivan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Ivan is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Ivan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Ivan (for example, toward Wewahitchka), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Ivan: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Ivan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Ivan - they are located in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ontario (3), Texas and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ivan.

Communities near Ivan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ivan.

  • Tallahassee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Midway
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sopchoppy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Marks
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Panacea
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Curtis Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Curtis Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
  • Saint Teresa
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Capitola
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Capitola is located in Leon County
  • Bradfordville
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Bradfordville is located in Leon County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ivan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ivan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ivan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ivan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ivan. See our Newspapers Page for Ivan.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ivan ...

Looking for more information about Ivan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ivan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ivan.

Adding Ivan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ivan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ivan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ivan post office opened in 1895.

We also found Ivan on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ivan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Wakulla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ivan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Ivan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Ivan area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/