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History · Ellenton

Ellenton’s post office opened in 1909

Most of Ellenton was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1974 on, and the census since 1930.

1909first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Ellenton began

When was Ellenton founded?

1909

The Ellenton post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 297 in 19302020 census: 210117 years
Founding year: the first Ellenton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ellenton’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 429 in 1950; 210 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Ellenton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ellenton’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washi…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Ellenton, census by census

010020030040019401960198020002020Peak: 429

Peaked at 429 in 1950; 210 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Ellenton’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Ellenton, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Ellenton yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Ellenton is a town in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 214 as at the 2024 census, down from 281 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1970 by the Georgia General Assembly. It is located at 31°10′36″N 83°35′17″W (31.176563, -83.588016). According to the United States Census Bureau, it has an area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

Its first post office opened in 1909. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 281 to 210 (-25%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Ellenton, 1909 to 1974

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1909Post officeThe Ellenton post office opens
  3. 1940In the archiveFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingh…
  4. 1950CensusPopulation peaks at 429
  5. 1974On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ellenton, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]1940Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] …
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today11 recent
S Baker St Railroad Crossing2014S Baker St Railroad CrossingMcDonald St Railroad Crossing2014McDonald St Railroad CrossingMcDonald St Railroad Crossing looking WB2014McDonald St Railroad Crossing looking WBMcDonald St Railroad Crossing looking EB2014McDonald St Railroad Crossing looking EBEllenton Park playground, Colquitt County2014Ellenton Park playground, Colquitt CountyEllenton Park bleachers, Colquitt County2014Ellenton Park bleachers, Colquitt CountyEllenton Park basketball court, Colquitt County2014Ellenton Park basketball court, Colquitt CountyEllenton Park baseball field, Colquitt County2014Ellenton Park baseball field, Colquitt CountyEllenton City Limits, S Baker St2014Ellenton City Limits, S Baker StEllenton City Limits, Cool Springs2014Ellenton City Limits, Cool SpringsGAMap-doton-Ellenton2005GAMap-doton-Ellenton
On the map

Ellenton on the map in 1974

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ellenton.

Ellenton on the 1974 USGS map1974Ellenton sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Ellenton.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]
Retake this viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)], 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Ellenton’s page.

Retake this view · +15

Questions about Ellenton’s history

What year was Ellenton founded?

The Ellenton post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (12), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.