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Ellendale

Ghost town · Polk County, Oregon

Dallas quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500)
Dallas quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1942, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ellendale is a ghost town in Polk County, Oregon. It is one of 15 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

Ellendale was established in 1844, in the first half of the 19th century.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ellendale as a historical populated place: 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 44.9300° N, 123.3550° W.

Key facts

Founded1844
Elevation404 ft
Nearest living townDallas, OR
Distance to it2.1 miles
Coordinates44.93000, -123.35500

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What's there now

Ellendale is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dallas, OR (population 17,214), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 404 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Barn and field in w:Ellendale, Oregon.
Barn and field in w:Ellendale, Oregon. · Tedder / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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Questions

Where is Ellendale?

Ellendale is in Polk County, Oregon, at 44.9300, -123.3550.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Oregon has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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