Ivanhoe, Georgia

Ivanhoe is an unincorporated community in Bulloch County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1]

History

A post office called Ivanhoe was established in 1877, and remained in operation until 1933.[2] The community took its name from the 1820 novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.[3]

gollark: No, that is *a thing they do*, but the general point of them is to enforce laws, which happens most of the time.
gollark: Yes, some police do bad things, but that doesn't mean all of them do, so "What good things do either us police or army do" is very hyperbolic.
gollark: I mean, they are mostly not... randomly arresting people due to incorrect skin melanin content.
gollark: Well, obviously the police... enforce the law, roughly.
gollark: Besides that, I am pretty sure that is not how it works.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ivanhoe, Georgia
  2. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 117. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.

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