Ellsinore’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Ellsinore. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The site of the town of Ellsinore was originally patented on April 15, 1857, by Robert Patterson just two years before Carter County was organized. The land was later sold to a Mr. Cook, who in October 1876, sold the land to Charles Hearin. Charles Hearin cleared the land and raised corn and pumpkins on it. In 1888 Charles Hearin gave the Houck Railroad a right of way across his land, laid out the town, and built a railroad depot on the south side of the creek.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ellsinore’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ellsinore’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAir conditioned cabins, 1979: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ellsinore
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Ellsinore, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Ellsinore is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ellsinore has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mill Pond in Grandin, 7.9 miles away.
Ellsinore and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Air conditioned cabins (1979) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.