Do you know of Ellenton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ellenton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Ellenton.

Our sources for Ellenton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Ellenton other than they indicate that Ellenton would be found somewhere in Aiken County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1952.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Ellenton ...

We found four communities that share the name Ellenton.

There is one other community in South Carolina which is also named Ellenton.

Beyond South Carolina, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Located In South Carolina ...
  • Barnwell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ellenton [Barnwell County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Manatee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ellenton [Manatee County].
  • Georgia
    • Colquitt County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ellenton [Colquitt County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Lycoming County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ellenton [Lycoming County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ellenton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ellenton:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ellenton - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Ellenton.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 45/23380   (Place Name: Ellenton)

County: Aiken     (FIPS State/County: 45/003)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Ellenton) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Aiken County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Aiken County.