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Welcome to Ellis ...

Ellis is located in Tompkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ellis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Ellis is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ellis lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Ellis: 607

Communities Also Named Ellis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Ellis - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (3), Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois (3), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ellis.

Websites for Ellis ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ellis, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Ellis ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ellis.

  • Ithaca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <3>
  • Cortland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lansing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cayuga Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
  • Homer
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Homer is located in Cortland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <3>
  • Groton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Dryden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Trumansburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Moravia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • McGraw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ellis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ellis.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ellis. 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 Ellis.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ellis. See our Newspapers Page for Ellis.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ellis ...

Looking for more information about Ellis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Ellis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ellis.

Adding Ellis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ellis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ellis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ellis post office opened in 1883. The Ellis post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ellis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Tompkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ellis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/