Ivanhoe is a city in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,327 at the 2020 census.
In an election held on November 3, 2009, residents voted to incorporate the community as a "Class C" municipality, with 160 votes to 53. In a concurrent election, Bill Preston was elected unopposed as mayor. A total of eight candidates ran for the two city commissioner positions. Cathy Bennett and Will Warren won those seats.
The incorporation of Ivanhoe coincided with the incorporation of a neighboring community, Ivanhoe North. The creation of both cities was seen as the first step in a process to merge both communities into a single entity, making it the second-largest city in Tyler County.
The merger of both cities into one City of Ivanhoe was approved by a vote of 194 to 60 on November 2, 2010.
Geography Ivanhoe had a total area of , of which were land and was covered by water. These are 2010 numbers, before the merger with Ivanhoe North.
Demographics
+Ivanhoe racial composition as of 2020 (NH = Non-Hispanic)RaceNumberPercentageWhite (NH)1,04878.98%Black or African American (NH)503.77%Native American or Alaska Native (NH)40.3%Asian (NH)40.3%Some Other Race (NH)50.38%Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)725.43%Hispanic or Latino14410.85%Total1,327 As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,327 people, 706 households, and 391 families residing in the city.
Education Part of Ivanhoe to the southwest is in the Warren Independent School District while the other part, to the northeast, is in the Woodville Independent School District. - Text list
The Texas Legislature designates Tyler County as being in the district of Angelina College.Texas Education Code Sec. 130.165. ANGELINA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.. Retrieved on August 20, 2026.
References
Further reading - Post-merger Ivanhoe - Pre-merger Ivanhoe
- Text list - Shows division of the pre-merger Ivanhoe and Ivanhoe North into the respective school districts
External links
Ivanhoe Land of Lakes IPOIA – Ivanhoe Property Owners Improvement Association.