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Ellison Place

Ghost town · Graham County, Arizona

San Carlos Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:62,500)
San Carlos Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ellison Place is a ghost town in Graham County, Arizona. It is one of 4 former communities in Graham County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ellison Place as a historical populated place on the Mount Turnbull topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.0098° N, 110.3156° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Turnbull
Elevation5,568 ft
Nearest living townBylas, AZ
Distance to it14.2 miles
GNIS feature ID24405
Coordinates33.00978, -110.31565

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Ellison Place today, aerial view
San Carlos Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:62,500)

Left: San Carlos Reservoir quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1962, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Ellison Place is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bylas, AZ (population 1,750), about 14.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,568 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Ellison Place?

Ellison Place is in Graham County, Arizona, at 33.0098, -110.3156.

How many ghost towns are in Graham County?

Graham County, Arizona has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.