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Welcome to Ivanhoe ...

Ivanhoe is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ivanhoe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

Ivanhoe is 1,480 feet [451 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Ivanhoe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Ivanhoe - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Ivanhoe ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ivanhoe, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ivanhoe ...

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

  • Sidney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Walton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Deposit
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Bainbridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Unadilla
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Hancock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Otego
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Windsor
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor is located in Broome County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • Afton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Gilbertsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ivanhoe ...

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

Adding Ivanhoe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ivanhoe 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 Ivanhoe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ivanhoe post office opened in 1891. The Ivanhoe post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ivanhoe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ivanhoe - 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/