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Ellenton, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Berlin-Ellenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31747. The Survey maps it on the Ellenton quadrangle. 210 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Ellenton within Colquitt County

Population over time

2 figures

Ellenton fell from 281 to 210 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010281
2020210-71 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 1977

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Houses and farms, Ellenton and other locations, Colquitt County, Georgia; Growers and Banner Tobacco Warehouses, Tifton, Georgia
Houses and farms, Ellenton and other locations, Colquitt County, Georgia; Growers and Banner Tobacco Warehouses, Tifton, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
African American cemetery near Ellenton, Colquitt County, Georgia; Baker family house, Colquitt County, Georgia; Launie Swain farm, Berrien County, Georgia
African American cemetery near Ellenton, Colquitt County, Georgia; Baker family house, Colquitt County, Georgia; Launie Swain farm, Berrien County, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Former village of Bayboro, Colquitt County, Georgia; African American cemetery near Ellenton, Colquitt County, Georgia
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Colquitt County, Georgia; Former village of Bayboro, Colquitt County, Georgia; African American cemetery near Ellenton, Colquitt County, Georgia
Adler, Thomas A. (Collector), 1977. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

180 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Ellenton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 725 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-COLQUITT-004
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLQUITT-009
23 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-COLQUITT-009
9 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-COLQUITT-001
21 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-COLQUITT-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Colquitt County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ellenton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Adel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellenton in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2004Thunderstorm WindEllenton$20,000Numerous trees were down. Several tin roofs were damaged. Reported by the Colquitt County Sheriff.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEllenton$10,000Several trees were down. One tree fell on a trailer and another on a vacant house.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEllenton$5,000An unoccupied mobile home was flipped over. Several trees were blown down. Reported by the Colquitt County EMA.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEllenton$3,000Trees were blown down on Round Tree Bridge Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2024Flash FloodEllenton-Water was reported over the road near Highway 97 and Cannon Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEllenton-A tree was blown down on Blue Bird Road.

Every storm recorded in Colquitt County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bayboro (historical)1.2 miles8
Cool Springs3.7 miles8
Pineboro4.5 miles9
Weldon (historical)7.0 miles9
Berlin7.7 miles9
Barbers7.8 miles9
Norman Park8.3 miles9
Kirkwood9.2 miles9

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 EllentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2169647The 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 331648. 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.