RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Mississippi >> Jones County >> Ellisville >> Tidbits & TriviaIndex...

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Ellisville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Ellisville and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Ellisville:
    • 31.603358, -89.199229
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Ellisville
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Jones County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Jones County
    • Since Ellisville is near Covington County and also Forrest County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Covington County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Forrest County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Ellisville

Communities Also Named Ellisville ...

We found sixteen communities that are also named Ellisville.

Within Mississippi, the name Ellisville is unique.

Beyond Mississippi, we know of sixteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin County
      • This Ellisville is located in Baldwin County and lies 106 miles [170.6 km]<1> to the southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baldwin County community of Ellisville.
      • Cherokee County
      • This Ellisville is located in Cherokee County and lies 268 miles [431.3 km] to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cherokee County community of Ellisville.
      • Washington County
      • This Ellisville is located in Washington County and lies 58 miles [93.3 km] to the east of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Ellisville.
    • Arkansas
      • Calhoun County
      • This Ellisville is located in Calhoun County and lies 233 miles [375 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calhoun County community of Ellisville.
    • Florida
      • Columbia County
      • This Ellisville is located in Columbia County and lies 406 miles [653.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Ellisville.
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • This Ellisville is located in Fulton County and lies 626 miles [1,007.4 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Ellisville.
    • Indiana
      • Allen County
      • This Ellisville is located in Allen County and lies 685 miles [1,102.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allen County community of Ellisville.
    • Kentucky
      • Nicholas County
      • This Ellisville is located in Nicholas County and lies 552 miles [888.4 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nicholas County community of Ellisville.
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • This Ellisville is located in Plymouth County and lies 1,247 miles [2,006.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Plymouth County community of Ellisville.
    • Missouri
      • Saint Louis County
      • This Ellisville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Ellisville.
    • New Hampshire
      • Cheshire County
      • This Ellisville is located in Cheshire County and lies 1,217 miles [1,958.6 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cheshire County community of Ellisville.
    • Ontario
      • This Ellisville lies 1,134 miles [1,825 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
    • South Dakota
      • Faulk County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ellisville [Faulk County].
    • Virginia
      • Louisa County
      • This Ellisville is located in Louisa County and lies 776 miles [1,248.9 km]<1> to the northeast of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Louisa County community of Ellisville.
    • Washington
      • King County
      • This Ellisville is located in King County and lies 2,029 miles [3,265.4 km]<1> to the northwest of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the King County community of Ellisville.
    • Wisconsin
      • Kewaunee County
      • This Ellisville is located in Kewaunee County and lies 891 miles [1,433.9 km]<1> to the north of the Ellisville that is located in Jones County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kewaunee County community of Ellisville.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Ellisville ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Jenkins
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jenkins is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
  • Monarch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Monarch is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Oak Grove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
  • Pecan Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Pecan Grove is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecan Grove
  • Pleasant Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pleasant Ridge is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Ridge
  • Queensburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Queensburg is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensburg
  • Sand Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sand Hill is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill
  • Service
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Tuckers Crossing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Tuckers Crossing is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossing
  • Union
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Union is located in Jones County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

How Far From Ellisville to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Ellisville to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Ellisville and extending to:

  • Laurel, which is the Seat of Jones County, lies just to the North Northeast.
  • Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 75 miles [120.7 km]<1> to the northwest (NW). If you could drive a straight line from Ellisville to Jackson, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 5 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 849 miles [1,366.3 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 34 days and walking would take 49 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,743 miles [10,851.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,452 miles [11,992.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,329 miles [8,576.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ellisville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Ellisville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Ellisville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ellisville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6034, Longitude: -89.1992    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.971 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 310.527 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 311.618 degrees.