Water Tower, Ellendale, North Dakota
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N 46° 00.062 W 098° 31.463
14T E 536827 N 5094271
Small town watertower.
Waymark Code: WMA299
Location: North Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2010
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Ellendale is located in Dickey County, North Dakota. It has a population of 1,454 as of July 2009. This shows a change in population of -7% from the 2000 census.
The area was settled by German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish immigrants.
Ellendale is located on US Highway 281, just on the border of North and South Dakota. It is the county seat of Dickey County.
The city of Ellendale was named by railroad town site officials for Mary Ellen Dale Merrill. She was the wife of S.S. Merrill, who was the superintendent and general manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Ellendale was the first town on a railroad in this entire region, and so it became a great distributing point for settlers supplies.
Ellendale was the first permanent settlement in Dickey County. It began in October 1881. Early in 1882, the Ellendale townsite was platted, with the survey bearing the date of May 8, 1882. The plat was filed in the Registrar's office on August 22, 1882 and was voted the county seat November 6, 1882 with Ellendale winning over Keystone 162-62 votes. Ellendale was incorporated as a village July, 1883, and as a city August 25, 1889.
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