Official Name: | Ivy, Iowa |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Polk |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Postal Code: | 50009 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 464592[1] |
Ivy is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The town formerly had a post office in 1900.[2] As the crow flies, Ivy is approximately east of Downtown Des Moines. There used to be a southern part of Ivy, but when Iowa 163 was extended to a two lane highway in the 1960s, the southern part of Ivy was demolished for the extended highway.[3] Iowa 163 curves south of Ivy, instead of going through it, as the older Iowa 163 did.