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Welcome to Ellsworth ...So far, we found very little information about Ellsworth. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ellsworth to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ellsworth, please Contact Us. Ellsworth would have been located within present day Nye County<2>. The location of Ellsworth has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Ellsworth was founded in 1863. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ellsworth is 7,020 feet [2,140 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Ellsworth is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Ellsworth was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Ellsworth ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Ellsworth - they are located in Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ellsworth. Communities near Ellsworth ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ellsworth.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ellsworth. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ellsworth. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ellsworth. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Ellsworth. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellsworth. See our Newspapers Page for Ellsworth. Adding Ellsworth to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ellsworth in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ellsworth was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Ellsworth in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ellsworth. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Nye County: www.co.nye.nv.us/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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