Editing Ivanhoe, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Ivanhoe was [[plat]]ted in 1901.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA87 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=87}}</ref> It was named for [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s novel ''[[Ivanhoe]]''.<ref name="history" /> A post office has been in operation at Ivanhoe since 1901.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Lincoln | title=Lincoln County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> Ivanhoe was named county seat in 1902.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n326 307]}}</ref> Physician and Minnesota state legislator [[Richard Mulder]] (1938–2022) lived in Ivanhoe.<ref>[http://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10440 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Richard Mulder]</ref> [[Gwen Walz]], the wife of 2024 Democratic vice-presidential nominee [[Tim Walz]], grew up in Ivanhoe.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Jenna |last2=Hutton |first2=Rachel |date=2024-08-06 |title=Who is Gwen Walz? A mom, a teacher and an adviser to her husband |url=https://www.startribune.com/who-is-gwen-walz-a-mom-a-teacher-and-an-advisor-to-her-husband/600913326 |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.startribune.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807001538/https://www.startribune.com/who-is-gwen-walz-a-mom-a-teacher-and-an-advisor-to-her-husband/600913326 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT24200814">{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Joseph |title=Gwen Walz, the Coolheaded, Ultracompetent Political Spouse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/style/gwen-walz-tim-walz-minnesota.html |access-date=16 August 2024 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 August 2024}}</ref>