Ivy is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States.

The town formerly had a post office in 1900.

[2] As the crow flies, Ivy is approximately 10.8 miles (17.4 km) east of Downtown Des Moines.

There used to be a southern part of Ivy, but when Iowa 163 was extended to a two lane highway in the 1960s, the southern part of Ivy was demolished for the extended highway.

This article about the geography of Polk County, Iowa is a stub.