Do you know of Ellis ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ellis. 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 Ellis.
Our sources for Ellis (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 Ellis other than they indicate that Ellis would be found somewhere in Edwards County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1900.
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 Ellis ...
We found 35 communities that share the name Ellis.
Within Texas, the name Ellis is unique.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 35 communities, 34 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ellis [Dallas County].
- Arkansas
- California
- Riverside County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ellis [Riverside County].
- San Joaquin County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ellis [San Joaquin County].
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Ellis [Shasta County].
- Florida
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ellis [Jackson County].
- Georgia
- Columbia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ellis [Columbia County].
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ellis [Douglas County].
- Jeff Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Ellis [Jeff Davis County].
- Idaho
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Ellis [Custer County].
- Illinois
- Christian County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ellis [Christian County].
- Sangamon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ellis [Sangamon County].
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ellis [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ellis [Ellis County].
- Louisiana
- Acadia Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Ellis [Acadia Parish].
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Ellis [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ellis [Cass County].
- Missouri
- Gasconade County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellis [Gasconade County].
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ellis [Vernon County].
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ellis [Gage County].
- New York
- Tompkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ellis [Tompkins County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ellis [Muskingum County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ellis.
- South Carolina
- Saluda County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Ellis [Saluda County].
- South Dakota
- Minnehaha County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Ellis [Minnehaha County].
- Tennessee
- West Virginia
- Gilmer County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Ellis [Gilmer County].
- Wisconsin
- Portage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Ellis [Portage County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ellis ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ellis:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ellis - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Edwards 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 Edwards County.
| Exile | Leakey |
| Harris | Vance |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Ellis 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |