Ira is an unincorporated community in Scurry County, Texas, United States.

It lies in the southwestern corner of the county at the junction of State Highway 350 and Farm to Market Road 1606, 10 miles southwest of Snyder, and has an estimated population of 250.

Green's store became a meeting point for the stagecoach and mail route, and a community began to spring up.

A school opened in 1893, and Ira Green became postmaster when the community's post office was activated three years later.

[3] After reaching its peak in the early 20th century, Ira survived a period of economic downturn in Scurry County, and in 1980 was reportedly home to 485 residents.