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Welcome to Ellisville ...

Ellisville is located in Louisa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ellisville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.

Ellisville is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ellisville: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Ellisville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Ellisville - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ontario, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ellisville ...

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

  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Louisa
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gordonsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Mineral
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Trevilians
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Green Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Green Springs is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
  • Belmont
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Belmont is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
  • Danton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Danton is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danton
  • Holladay
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Holladay is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holladay
  • Childs Cove
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Childs Cove is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childs Cove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ellisville ...

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

Adding Ellisville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ellisville post office opened in 1834. The Ellisville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ellisville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ellisville - 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 Ellisville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Ellisville 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/