Ivy, Iowa
Unincorporated community in Iowa, United States
41°36′1.96″N 93°25′1.76″W / 41.6005444°N 93.4171556°W / 41.6005444; -93.4171556Ivy 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 10.8 miles (17.4 km) 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.
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Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Iowa, United States
County seat: Des Moines
- Alleman
- Altoona
- Ankeny
- Bondurant
- Carlisle‡
- Clive‡
- Des Moines‡
- Elkhart
- Granger‡
- Grimes‡
- Johnston
- Mitchellville‡
- Norwalk‡
- Pleasant Hill
- Polk City
- Runnells
- Sheldahl‡
- Urbandale‡
- West Des Moines‡
- Windsor Heights
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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