Do you know of Ellendale ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ellendale. 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 Ellendale.<1>
Our sources for Ellendale (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 Ellendale other than they indicate that Ellendale would be found somewhere in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1901 and closed in 1917.
Communities Also Named Ellendale ...
We found ten communities that share the name Ellendale.
Within Oklahoma, the name Ellendale is unique.
Beyond Oklahoma, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Ellendale [Sussex County].
- Louisiana
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ellendale [Terrebonne Parish].
- Minnesota
- Steele County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ellendale [Steele County].
- Missouri
- Saint Louis City
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellendale [Saint Louis City].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ellendale [Nye County].
- North Carolina
- Alexander County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ellendale [Alexander County].
- North Dakota
- Dickey County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Ellendale [Dickey County].
- Oregon
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Ellendale [Polk County].
- Tennessee
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ellendale [Shelby County].
- Virginia
- Smyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ellendale [Smyth County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ellendale ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ellendale:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Oklahoma (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Woodward County ...
Can you help?
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 Woodward County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |