Ellsworth is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Sheridan County,

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, United States. As of the 2000 census, the community had a population of 32.

Description

Ellsworth was established in the late nineteenth century as a

company town A company town is a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schoo ...

for the Spade Ranch and a shipping point for cattle on the

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. It was likely named after Ellsworth, Minnesota.
1925 edition
is available for download a
University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.
/ref> Although unincorporated Ellsworth has one business, Morgan's Store and post office with the ZIP code of 69340.

History

In 1888 the

chose the site as a location for a depot and water stop on their newly built line. Cattleman Bartlett Richards began assembling the expansive Spade Ranch in the same year, making Ellsworth a company town for the ranch. In 1898, the two-story Spade Ranch Store was built; it supplied freight wagons going north to the Spade Ranch Headquarters. At about the same time, a hotel was built across the street from the store, and a windmill placed in the middle of town. Bartlett Richards had a brick summer home with a courtyard built north of the store location in 1904. The Ellsworth School House, built in 1932, served Ellsworth until 2007. The Old Spade Ranch Store is the only business currently operating in the village.

Geography

Ellsworth is located at (42.060322, -102.280606).

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 32 people, 11 households, and 9 families residing in the community. There are 14 housing units. The racial makeup of the village was 96.87%

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, and 3.13% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 9.38% of the population.

Notable person

* LeRoy J. Louden, Nebraska legislator File:Ellsworth-1905.jpg, Ellsworth (ca. 1905) File:spadestore.jpg, Spade Ranch Store (ca. 1900) File:Ellsworth-store.jpg, Spade Ranch Store (ca. 1900)

References

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{{authority control Unincorporated communities in Sheridan County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska