Ellenton, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34222. It sits by Rocky Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle. 4,129 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Ellenton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Judah P. Benjamin Memoriallisted 1970
Population over time
3 figuresEllenton grew from 3,142 to 4,129 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,142 | |
| 2010 | 4,275 | +1,133 (+36%) |
| 2020 | 4,129 | -146 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1921 USGS Fort De Soto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Ellenton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436 |
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE ISLAND (41) |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 13TH AV FIRE |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIGHT HOUSE FIRE |
| 31 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1082 |
| 19 July 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ellenton: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Dolomite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmetto Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bradenton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Minton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmetto Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenton in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Lightning | Ellenton | 1 killed | A 42 year old male was struck and killed by lightning in the 6000 block of 13th Avenue East in Ellenton. |
| July 2006 | Lightning | Ellenton | 1 hurt | Lightning struck a 16-year-old male as he was doing yard work for his family's lawn care business. The bolt struck a large nearby tree and the boy at the same time. A large branch from the tree fell and struck the boy who was listed in critical condition at a nearby hospital. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $50,000 | Two empty tractor trailers were blown over on Interstate 75 at exit 224 by a microburst wind gust. Neither driver reported injuries. In a nearby landscaping area at the interstate exit, a couple palm trees were uprooted and several newly planted oak trees were snapped off near the bases. |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Ellenton | $50,000 | A tornado touched down in the Tideview Estates Mobile Home Park and damaged the roof of one home, destroyed a carport and removed three porch enclosures. The tornado proceeded to strike the Blackburn Elementary School and caused minor siding and awning damage to the building before it lifted and dissipated. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind severely damaged a mobile home and downed a few trees in Ellenton along U.S. Highway 301. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $10,000 | State Emergency Management reported a tree downed onto a home in Ellenton. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $10,000 | Minor damage was found to a mobile home in the Palm Grove Rental Resort. Nearby in Parish, large sections of vinyl fences were blown out by the wind. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellenton | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported an oak tree down on a home. Time was estimated from doppler radar. |
| September 2004 | Heavy Rain | Ellenton | - | A National Weather Service observer three miles southeast of Ellenton recorded 6.16". |
| July 2002 | Lightning | Ellenton | - | Lightning struck and disabled a vehicle on I75 near the I275 interchange. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ellenton | - | The public reported, through Bay News Nine Cable, dime sized hail, from the intersection of Interstate 75 and State Road 43 in Ellenton, to the Sun Key Village subdivision along U.S. Highway 41 near the Manatee-Hillsborough county border. |
| June 2001 | Waterspout | Ellenton | - | The public reported, through the Manatee county sheriffs department, a waterspout east of Interstate 75 over the Manatee River. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Ellenton | - | A Skywarn Spotter reported dime sized hail in Ellenton. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Ellenton | - | Quarter-size hail fell. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ellenton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fullers Earth | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Manavista | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Braden Castle | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Memphis Heights | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Manatee | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Memphis | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bradenton | 3.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ellenton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2094940 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282171. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









