| Official Name: | Ivester, Iowa |
| Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Iowa#USA |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Grundy County |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1119 |
| Coordinates: | 42.3397°N -92.9442°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 464591 |
Ivester is an unincorporated community in Grundy County, Iowa, United States.
Ivester is located on County Road T19 9miles west of Grundy Center. It is in Melrose Township.[1]
Founded in 1871, Ivester was named after Charles Ivester Keiter, the editor of The Atlas, a Grundy Center newspaper.[2]
Ivester had a post office[3] and a German Baptist Church in the late 1800s. Founded in 1871, the congregation is still active as the Ivester Church of the Bretheren.[4] Circa 1915, Iverster was also the site of a general store, a blacksmith shop, and a creamery.[5]
The post office at Ivester closed in 1904.[6]
In 2019, after ten years of debate, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved a 35-mill wind farm in Ivester. The wind farm was controversial, drawing both detractors and supporters.[7]
The Ivester site is sometimes referred to as a ghost town.[8]