Ellsworth was a town in
Hall Township,
Dubois County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
. It was abandoned in 1978 when the
Patoka Reservoir
Patoka Lake is the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. state of Indiana (after Lake Monroe) and is spread across Dubois, Crawford, and Orange counties in southern Indiana.
Lake
Created as a joint effort between the US Army Corps of Engineers ...
was built, and it now lies at the bottom of the lake.
History
Ellsworth was
plat
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ted in 1885. It is named for James M. Ellis, a landowner.
A post office was established at Ellsworth in 1878, and remained in operation until 1916.
Geography
Ellsworth was located at .
Even though Ellsworth no longer exists, it is still cited by the
USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
.
References
Ghost towns in Indiana
Jasper, Indiana micropolitan area
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