Ellingson, South Dakota

Ellingson is a ghost town in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.^[1]

History

A post office called Ellingson was established in 1908, and remained in operation until 1954.^[2] A. 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. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
↑ Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 36.

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 Chaudoin Clark De Witt Duell Englewood Flat Creek Flint Rock 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 unincorporated communities	Bixby Chance Coal Springs Date Imogene Lodgepole Meadow Shadehill Sorum Strool Summerville Usta White Butte Zeona

Ghost towns	Ellingson Zeona

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