Ellsworth, Kansas
Ellsworth, Kansas | |
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City and County seat | |
Ellsworth water tower as seen from Kansas State Highway 156 (2012) | |
KDOT map of Ellsworth County (legend) | |
| Coordinates: 38°43′58″N 98°13′43″W / 38.73278°N 98.22861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Ellsworth |
| Founded | 1860s |
| Incorporated | 1867 |
| Named after | Fort Ellsworth |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Dan Finnegan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.39 sq mi (6.20 km2) |
| • Land | 2.39 sq mi (6.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,545 ft (471 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,066 |
| • Density | 1,300/sq mi (490/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 67439 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-20500 |
| GNIS ID | 485570 |
| Website | ellsworthks.net |
Ellsworth is a city in and the county seat of Ellsworth County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,066. Known as a cow town in the 1870s, when the Kansas Pacific Railroad operated a stockyard here for shipping cattle to eastern markets, in the 21st century, it serves as the trading center of the rural county.