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History · Ivanhoe Township

Half of Ivanhoe Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Ivanhoe Township was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

0on the National Register
7%homes built before 1940
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Famous people

Famous people close to Ivanhoe Township

Nobody well known was born in Ivanhoe Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Victor OrtizAmerican boxer · b. 1987
Roy RomerAmerican politician · b. 1928
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Katherine DunnAmerican novelist, journalist, poet · b. 1945
Chuck Reed64th mayor of San Jose, California · b. 1948
Otto SchnellbacherAmerican football and basketball player · b. 1923
Ray WatsonAmerican middle-distance and steeplechase runner · b. 1898
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Plymell, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Plymell
Gone or out of use
Pleasant Prairie Oil Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Ivanhoe Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Garden City TownshipIts storyCSherlock TownshipIts storyC−Pierceville TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLockport TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHaskell TownshipIts storyC−Dudley TownshipIts storyC−

Questions about Ivanhoe Township’s history

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.