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History · Ellsborough Township

63% of Ellsborough Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
63%homes built before 1940
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Famous people

Famous people close to Ellsborough Township

Nobody well known was born in Ellsborough Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Richard F. KneipAmerican politician · b. 1933
Todd BoumanAmerican football player · b. 1972
Barney GoltzAmerican politician · b. 1924
Carl C. RasmussenClergyman and politician · b. 1901
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Milo EvartsUnited States Navy officer · b. 1913
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Milt NielsenAmerican baseball player · b. 1925
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Current Lake, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Current Lake
Gone or out of use
Current Lake Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Ellsborough Township
Ellsborough

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Skandia TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townAetna TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCameron TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townShelburne TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 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.