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History · Ellinger

Ellinger’s post office opened in 1883

Most of Ellinger was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1919 on.

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How Ellinger began

When was Ellinger founded?

1883

The Ellinger post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

143 years
Founding year: the first Ellinger post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ellinger’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Ellinger are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19193 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1981. Watch Ellinger change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ellinger’s history is told.

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On the map

Ellinger on the map, 1919 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Ellinger. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Ellinger on the 1919 USGS mapEllinger on the 1957 USGS mapEllinger on the 1981 USGS map1919Fayettsville sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Ellinger, in brief

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

Ellinger is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States. Its population was at 203 as of 2021. It is located on Texas State Highway 71 (TX 71) about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of La Grange and 2.0 miles (3.2 km) from the Colorado County line.

Its first post office opened in 1883.

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

Timeline

Ellinger, 1883 to 1919

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Ellinger post office opens
  3. 1898Born hereDutch Meyer is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Ellinger, decade by decade

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Questions about Ellinger’s history

What year was Ellinger founded?

The Ellinger post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.