Ivanhoe, Tyler County, Texas
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Ivanhoe is a city in Tyler County, Texas
, United States
. In an election held on November 3, 2009, residents voted to incorporate the community as a "Class C" municipality by a vote of 160 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. Those seats were won by Cathy Bennett and Will Warren.
The incorporation of Ivanhoe coincided with the incorporation of a neighboring community, Ivanhoe North
. The creation of both cities is seen as the first step in a process that will ultimately merge both communities into a single entity, making it the second-largest city in Tyler County.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
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. In an election held on November 3, 2009, residents voted to incorporate the community as a "Class C" municipality by a vote of 160 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. Those seats were won by Cathy Bennett and Will Warren.
The incorporation of Ivanhoe coincided with the incorporation of a neighboring community, Ivanhoe North
Ivanhoe North, Texas
Ivanhoe North is a city in Tyler County, Texas, United States. In an election held on November 3, 2009, residents voted to incorporate the community as a "Class C" municipality by a vote of 75 to 27. In a concurrent election, Joe McIntyre was elected as mayor. A total of four candidates ran for the...
. The creation of both cities is seen as the first step in a process that will ultimately merge both communities into a single entity, making it the second-largest city in Tyler County.
External links
- Ivanhoe Land of Lakes IPOIA – Ivanhoe Property Owners Improvement Association.