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Ellsworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Ellsworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,376. The county was named after Fort Ellsworth.
Ellsworth County is located in north-central Kansas, and includes the cities of Ellsworth, Holyrood, Kanopolis, Lorraine, and Wilson. The county seat is Ellsworth. Ellsworth County also includes Kanopolis Reservoir, Fort Harker Museum, Hogden House Museum, the annual Czech Festival in Wilson, and more.
Welcome to Ellsworth County, KS. Home › Residents › County Information. The Ellsworth County Courthouse is located at. 210 N Kansas Ave in Ellsworth Kansas. We are open Monday - Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, unless posted. Handicap visitors to the Courthouse will find van accessible.
Ellsworth is a city in and the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,066.
Ellsworth County, Kansas, is home to the frontier post, Fort Harker, which guarded stagecoach lines and military trails. The county seat of Ellsworth was an important cowtown with a rugged reputation in the 1870s.
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Ellsworth County, Kansas. Named for Fort Ellsworth, a military post in the county near Kanopolis, itself named in honor of 2nd Lt. Allen Ellsworth of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, who supervised construction of the fort in 1864.
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Ellsworth County, Kansas, located in the state’s center, was created out of unorganized territory in August 1867. It was named in honor of Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth, who built Fort Ellsworth on the Smoky Hill River in 1864.
