According to a legend, a Bulgarian Paulician man called Ivan Guran was the first to make his home in the present day territory of the village.

Both names refer to Bishop of Csanád, Sándor Bonnaz, who had a major role in funding the local church, which had been built between 1889 and 1899.

Ivanovačko ostrvo occupies the river island (ada) of Ivanovo, just south of the village, which has been formed by the Nadela, Dunavac and Danube, at its 1,137 km (706 mi).

River and canal banks are inhabited by the relics Pančić's frog grass (Senecio pancicii) and wild grape vine (Vitis vinifera subsp.

[10] The settlement was a part of Habsburg's military frontier (Austrian Empire) since its founding, then it belonged to the Torontál county of Austria-Hungary.

After World War I, that area was a part of provisional Torontalsko-tamiške županja (Treaty of Trianon), in 1922 of Belgrade oblast and since 1929 of the Danube Banovina in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

In 1944, Red Army troops which participated in the final expulsion of the German occupational forces from Serbia were stationed in and around Ivanovo, including Marshal Fyodor Tolbukhin.

[9] Though fairly small, the village has cultural venues, elementary school founded in 1888 and today named "Moša Pijade", community health center and post office.

[10] Apart from the road which connects it to Omoljica, across the bridge over Nadela, Ivanovo can be reached from Ritopek, via a seasonal ferry,[10] through the Dunavac arm.

[15] Numerous festivities are held in the local cultural venue, including the annual international salon of art photography,[10] founded in 2007.

The old, contest-type game is played on grassy fields, somewhat resembles baseball, and the players are divided into "servants" and "masters".