Ellsworth is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Sheridan County,
Nebraska
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, United States. As of the
2000 census, the community had a population of 32. Ellsworth was established in the late nineteenth century as a
company town for the
Spade Ranch and a shipping point for cattle on the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It was likely named after
Ellsworth, Minnesota
Ellsworth is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 463 at the 2010 census. The local school district is the Ellsworth Public School.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total a ...
.
[ ]
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 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad 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
The Spade Ranch Store or Morgan's Store is a general store in the hamlet of Ellsworth, Nebraska providing supplies and services to area ranchers and passing motorists . Built in 1898 as a company store as well as the main offices for the expansive ...
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 census
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White
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, and 3.13% from two or more races. Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race were 9.38% of the population.
File:Ellsworth-1905.jpg, Ellsworth (ca. 1905)
File:spadestore.jpg, Spade Ranch Store (ca. 1900)
File:Ellsworth-store.jpg, Spade Ranch Store (ca. 1900)
See also
* Spade Ranch
Notable person
* LeRoy J. Louden, Nebraska legislator
References
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Unincorporated communities in Sheridan County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska