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ELLSWORTH County is comprised in that portion of the State of Kansas which commences at the east line of Range 6, west of the Sixth Principal Meridian, running thence west to the west line of Range 10, and embracing Townships 14, 15, 16 and 17. The county is twenty-four miles north and south, and thirty miles east and west, and contains 460,800 acres, or 720 square miles. This territory is divided into eight civil townships, and three commissioner districts.₁

Organized in 1867. County seat Ellsworth. Named after Fort Ellsworth, a military post built on the bank of the Smoky Hill, in 1864. This fort was so called by General Curtis, in honor of the officer who constructed it, Allen Ellsworth, Second Lieutenant of Company H, Seventh Iowa Cavalry.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Ellsworth County Medical Directory 1920	3K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	6 kb	Aug 1998	Jeanne LeeCunningham
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Hill, Angela M. (Steffek) July 29, 2005	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
MILLER, Amandus, 1939	1 KB	May 2005	Carrie Hall
MILLER, George Washington , 1942	1 KB	May 2005	Carrie Hall
MILLER, Jessie, 1929	1 KB	May 2005	Carrie Hall

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