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Ellington, Missouri

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63638. It lies near Dickson Valley. The Survey maps it on the Ellington quadrangle. 790 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

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Ellington within Reynolds County

On record in Ellington

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

Population over time

2 figures

Ellington fell from 987 to 790 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
2010987
2020790-197 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Ellington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,916 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning37
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresMissouri Department of Conservation179119-00000-09172019-0930
12 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation178189-09009-06282018-2150
4 May 2014Debris and open burning8.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
16 May 1997Debris and open burning19 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Debris and open burning2.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177678-09009-05012018-1120
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177673-09009-04072018-2044

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reynolds County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ellington: 10 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, 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
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ellington Manganese DepositManganeseProspect1941
Mccaw-Nash ProspectManganesePast Producer
Unknown ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Evans ProspectIronPast Producer
Evans-Johnson ProspectIronPast Producer
Missouri Lumber & Mining Co Land #2IronPast Producer
Sutton ProspectIronProspect
Templeton MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Reynolds County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellington in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 14 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
April 2025Flash FloodEllington$500,000Several road closures were reported mainly in the Ellington area has rainwater flooded roadways and areal creeks overflowed. Examples of road closures include: MO 106 1 mile west of Route F, Route B between CR 785 and CR 784, and CR 838 at its intersection with CR 837. Logan Creek overflowed, making its bridge on Route B impassable and causing extensive damage to the bridge.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down multiple trees in Ellington.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees, numerous tree limbs and several power lines around town.
July 2023HailEllington-Widespread hail damage was reported in Ellington due to hail up to golf ball size. Several windshields on vehicles were broken, as well as windows on several homes.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around town.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds caused minor to moderate damage across Ellington. A large tree was blown down. A portion of the tree landed on the roof of the historic Copeland-Shy House, causing moderate roof damage. Numerous other trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down around Ellington. Also, an unanchored carport cover was flipped over in a church parking lot.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous trees in the Ellington area. A number of them fell onto local roads.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindEllington-Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in Ellington.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindEllington-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down along Highway 21...three miles north of Ellington.
June 2007Flash FloodEllington-The County Sheriff reported some roads in Ellington had up to 2 feet of water covering them.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindEllington-A couple of trees were downed near the intersection of Highway K and W.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindEllington-Numerous large trees were blown down.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindEllington-A couple of trees and large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2003HailEllington-The County Sheriff reported golfball size hail just north of Ellington.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Ellington-The Reynolds County Sheriff reported a brief tornado north of Ellington. The tornado hit a wooded area and uprooted several trees.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Ellington-Severe storm spotters reported a brief tornado southeast of Ellington. Damage was limited to a few uprooted trees.
April 1994HailEllington-Reported by the county sheriff.
June 1994HailEllington-The Centerville Police Department reported wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. A cooperative weather observer also reported 0.75-inch diameter hail in Ellington.
June 2020HailEllington-no account filed
March 2015HailEllington-no account filed
June 2011HailEllington-no account filed
May 2011HailEllington-no account filed
June 2009HailEllington-no account filed
July 2008HailEllington-no account filed
April 2007HailEllington-no account filed
March 2007HailEllington-no account filed
July 2001Flash FloodEllington-no account filed
May 1999HailEllington-no account filed
April 1999Thunderstorm WindEllington-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindEllington-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEllington-no account filed
April 1996HailEllington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reynolds 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
Chitwood3.2 miles18
Bedwell3.3 miles17
Fruit City5.0 miles17
Alamode (historical)5.1 miles18
Oakley6.4 miles18
Redford6.6 miles18
Grady6.7 miles18
Ruble7.5 miles18

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 EllingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q966555The 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 717476. 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.