The Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad was completed in 1858. According to legend, William Mahone, the chief engineer who supervised the construction of the railroad, and his wife Otelia traveled on the newly opened railway naming stations along the way. Otelia was reading Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe, and the book provided names for the places they passed through. The little town of Ivor's name came from the Scottish clan McIvor.
In more modern times, the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad became a part of the Norfolk & Western which is now the Norfolk Southern.
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