Ellingson, South Dakota

Ellingson is a ghost town in Perkins County, South Dakota, United States.^[1]

History

A post office called Ellingson was established in 1908, and remained in operation until April, 1954.^[2] Andrew C. Ellingson, an early postmaster, gave the town his name.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ellingson (historical)
^ "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016.

45°52′00″N 102°52′12″W / 45.86667°N 102.87000°W / 45.86667; -102.87000

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ellingson (historical)

[2] "Perkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 16, 2005. Retrieved January 29, 2015.

[3] Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Perkins County, South Dakota, United States
County seat: Bison
City	Lemmon
Town	Bison
Townships	Ada Anderson Antelope Barrett Beck-Highland Bison Burdick Cash Castle Butte Chance Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Foster Fredlund Glendo Grand River Hall Horse Creek Liberty Lincoln Lodgepole Lone Tree Maltby Marshfield Meadow Moreau Plateau Rainbow Rockford Scotch Cap Sidney Strool Trail Vail Vickers Viking Vrooman Wells White Butte Wilson
CDP	Prairie City
Other communities	Chance Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Usta White Butte Zeona
Ghost towns	Bixby Coal Springs Date Ellingson Imogene Strool Zeona
Indian reservation	Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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