Ivanhoe was a town in Franklin Township, Linn County,

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'' describes the area as having been "a refuge for horse thieves and dealers in counterfeit money", though it is unclear whether that was during the time that the town existed or afterwards. Besides the cemetery there are no standing structures left of the old town.

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* George Greene, Iowa legislator and judge

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