Ells, Iowa | |
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Coordinates: 42°10′03″N 95°14′13″W / 42.16750°N 95.23694°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Iowa |
County | Crawford |
Elevation | 1,221 [1] ft (372 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 712 |
Ells was an unincorporated community in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. Today it is a ghost town.
Ells was a village in Stockholm Township, Crawford County, Iowa, platted in either 1899 [2] or 1900. [3] A post office was established in Ells on January 24, 1900 by Benjamin F. Ells. [3] News of the new post office appeared in the Daily Iowa Capital in Des Moines on February 15, 1900. [4]
Ells, located one mile south of Boyer, was on the Illinois Central Railroad and had a train depot and general store in 1911. Benjamin Ells served as the postmaster, appointed by President William McKinley. [5]
The post office at Ells was discontinued April 15, 1914. [3] In 1915, the population of Ells was 26. [6] Today, Crawford County residents consider Ells a "lost" town. [3]
Lees, James H. The History of Boyer Valley (1919)
Old Kiron, Iowa, another ghost town in Stockholm Township