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Welcome to Ivor ...

Ivor is located in Pendleton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ivor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Ivor is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ivor: 859

Communities Also Named Ivor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ivor - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Ivor ...

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

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 Ivor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ivor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ivor. 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 Ivor.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ivor ...

Looking for more information about Ivor? 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 Ivor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ivor.

Adding Ivor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ivor 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 (so far) for Ivor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ivor post office opened in 1893. The Ivor post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ivor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Pendleton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ivor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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