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Welcome to Ellett ...

Ellett is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ellett, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Ellett is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ellett: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Ellett ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Ellett: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Hanover County.

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

Websites for Ellett ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

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

Communities near Ellett ...

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

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 Ellett. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ellett.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ellett ...

Looking for more information about Ellett? 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 Ellett, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ellett.

Adding Ellett to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ellett 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 Ellett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ellett post office opened in 1890. The Ellett post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ellett.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ellett - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Ellett area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Ellett area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/