Ivanhoe, MN

Ivanhoe is a city in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 560 residents. Since 1902 it has been the county seat of Lincoln County, and it is now Minnesota's least populous county seat. Ivanhoe was platted in 1901. The through line in Ivanhoe is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Ivanhoe makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Ivanhoe was named for Sir Walter Scott 's novel Ivanhoe. The Yellow Medicine River flows past Ivanhoe as an intermittent stream near its headwaters. U.S. Highway 75 and Minnesota State Highway 19 are two of the main routes in the city.