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==History==
==History==
The community has the name of [[Oliver Ellsworth]], a Connecticut politician and local landowner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=59|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=43}}</ref> A variant name was Ellsworth Center.<ref>{{GNIS|1064614}}</ref> A post office was established at Ellsworth in 1819.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Mahoning | title=Mahoning County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=18 January 2016}}</ref> Besides the post office, Ellsworth Center had a sawmill and a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref>{{cite book|last=Butler|first=Joseph Green|title=History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA584|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=584}}</ref>
The community has the name of [[Oliver Ellsworth]], a Connecticut politician and local landowner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=59|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=43}}</ref> A variant name was Ellsworth Center.<ref>{{GNIS|1064614}}</ref> A post office was established at Ellsworth in 1819.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Mahoning |title=Mahoning County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=18 January 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327083823/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Mahoning |archivedate=27 March 2016 |df= }}</ref> Besides the post office, Ellsworth Center had a sawmill and a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.<ref>{{cite book|last=Butler|first=Joseph Green|title=History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IRgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA584|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=584}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Location of Ellsworth, Ohio
Location of Ellsworth, Ohio

Ellsworth is an unincorporated community in central Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44416.[1] It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 and State Route 45.

The community is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The community has the name of Oliver Ellsworth, a Connecticut politician and local landowner.[2] A variant name was Ellsworth Center.[3] A post office was established at Ellsworth in 1819.[4] Besides the post office, Ellsworth Center had a sawmill and a station on the Pennsylvania Railroad.[5]

References

  1. ^ Zip Code Lookup
  2. ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 43.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ellsworth, Ohio
  4. ^ "Mahoning County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Butler, Joseph Green (1921). History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio. American Historical Society. p. 584.

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