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Ellis County, Oklahoma

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
10historic places
—earliest paper
1907formed
3,749pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Arnett, Shattuck, Gage.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oklahoma is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Ellis titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bank of GageGageBuilding1983
Carr, George, Ranch HouseCamargoBuilding1985
Davison SiloArnettStructure1978
Eggleston SpringsArnettSite1978
Ellis County CourthouseArnettBuilding1985
First State BankShattuckBuilding1983
Grand Town SiteArnettSite1972
Ingle Brothers Broomcorn WarehouseShattuckBuilding2009
Shattuck National Bank BuildingShattuckBuilding1983
Stock Exchange BankFargoBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Ellis was formed in 1907 (1907-11-16) from part of DAY (Okla.

ELLIS created from part of DAY (Okla. Terr., extinct) and WOODWARD; DAY eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Ellis County population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

15k9,5623,74919001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
13,97811,6738,4667,3265,4575,5964,0753,749

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Allmon Cemetery36.07115-99.87734
Bickford Cemetery36.49365-99.91735
Bickford Cemetery36.49362-99.91859
Braunch Memorial Park36.3767-99.61761
Christ Lutheran Cemetery36.22959-99.91694
Debolt Cemetery36.14451-99.76688
Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery36.19485-99.95344
Eddie Cemetery36.04351-99.63105
Emmons Cemetery36.13648-99.97163
Fargo Cemetery36.36342-99.62427
Gage Cemetery36.31087-99.7679
Grand Cemetery36.01305-99.81801
Harmon Cemetery36.15199-99.56123
Ioland Cemetery35.94504-99.52335
Lone Bell Cemetery35.86144-99.61924
Lone Star Cemetery36.05714-99.51551
Lone Tree Cemetery35.93909-99.96195
May Cemetery36.56586-99.79442
Mount Hope Cemetery36.44175-99.91041
Mount Olive Cemetery36.52285-99.66334
Seventh - Day Adventist Cemetery36.20236-99.86356
Shattuck Cemetery36.26275-99.88022
Stone Cemetery36.05372-99.41763
Sunset Cemetery36.48569-99.67749
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Ioland35.94394-99.52178

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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