Guide to Ivanhoe Minnesota

Ivanhoe (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

738

761

751

679

559

-120

-17.67

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.60

0.90

0.91

0.88

-0.03

-3.30

Density (persons per sq. mile)

1,230.00

845.56

825.27

745.23

635.23

-110.00

-14.76

Housing Units

265

315

343

341

317

-24

-7.04

Households

296

318

310

268

-42

-13.55

Persons Per Household

2.37

2.17

2.05

1.99

-0.06

-2.93

Ivanhoe is a city in Lincoln County, Minnesota. The Yellow Medicine River flows past Ivanhoe as an intermittent stream near its headwaters. U.S. Route 75 and Minnesota State Highway 19 are two of the main routes in the city. Since 1904 it has been the county seat of Lincoln County and is now the least populous county seat in Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.90 square miles (2.33 km2), of which 0.88 square miles (2.28 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water. The elevation is 1,670 ft (509 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 559 people, 268 households, and 144 families residing in the city. The population density was 635.2 inhabitants per square mile (245.3/km2). There were 317 housing units at an average density of 360.2 per square mile (139.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.8% White and 0.2% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.4% of the population.

There were 268 households of which 21.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.3% were non-families. 42.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.99 and the average family size was 2.74.

The median age in the city was 49.5 years. 18.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.4% were from 25 to 44; 27.1% were from 45 to 64; and 28.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.9% male and 55.1% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

IVANHOE, a city in Royal Township, section 34, was named by officers of the Chicago and North Western Railway for the hero of the novel thus titled, written by Sir Walter Scott. It was platted by the Western Town Lot Company in 1889 on land owned by Mike Pukrop; many of the streets were also named for characters in the novel. The post office was first called Wilno, 1883-1901, at which time it was changed to Ivanhoe. It was incorporated as a village on January 22, 1901, and as a city in 1968. It succeeded Lake Benton as the county seat in 1902, officially since August 5, 1904.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

West side of Main Street, Ivanhoe Minnesota, 1921
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