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. Corruption within government ranks has been a long-standing issue in Ivanhoe, as subsequent mayors and city employees often use their positions to secure tax dollars for their own roads. At the same time, everyone else is left with inadequate drainage, dirt roads, and broken dams.
The merger of both cities into one City of Ivanhoe was approved by a vote of 194 to 60 on November 2, 2010.
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.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,327 people, 706 households, and 391 families residing in the city.