Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Ellis County, Texas.
Official Website
The county was founded in 1849 and organized the next year. It is named for Richard Ellis, president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Adjacent Counties
- Dallas County
- Kaufman County
- Tarrant County
- Johnson County
- Henderson County
- Navarro County
- Hill County
Cities
- Bardwell
- Cedar Hill (part)
- Ennis
- Ferris (part)
- Glenn Heights (part)
- Grand Prairie (part)
- Mansfield (part)
- Maypearl
- Midlothian
- Oak Leaf
- Ovilla (part)
- Pecan Hill
- Red Oak
- Waxahachie (County Seat)
Other Towns & Communities: Alma, Auburn, Avalon, Bristol, Crisp, Forreston, Garrett, Ike, India, Italy, Milford, Palmer, Rankin, Rockett, Telico, Trumbull and Venus (part)
Cemeteries
Links
National Register of Historic Places