{"id":3624,"date":"2023-05-20T09:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T09:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","slug":"ellsworth-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ellsworth-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellsworth County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ellsworth County is a county in Kansas, United States, crossed by the Smoky Hill River in the central part of the state. It had a population of 6,376 at the 2020 census and covers 723 square miles (1,873 km2), 716 square miles of it land, centred near 38\u00b042\u2032N 98\u00b014\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Ellsworth is the county seat, and its postal code is 67439. The county has five incorporated cities, nineteen townships, and a handful of unincorporated communities. It sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Ellsworth County<\/h2>\n<p>Fourteen named places appear on maps of Ellsworth County: five incorporated cities and nine unincorporated communities or crossroads. CDP = census-designated place; Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no city government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ellsworth<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Ellsworth<\/td>\n<td>3,066<\/td>\n<td>67439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>859<\/td>\n<td>67490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kanopolis<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Ellsworth<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Holyrood<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Valley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lorraine<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Trivoli<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black Wolf<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Black Wolf<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carneiro<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Carneiro<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Langley<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Langley<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venango<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Ash Creek<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Yankee Run<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Empire<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delight<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Green Garden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Elkhorn<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Mulberry<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arcola<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Clear Creek<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Terra Cotta<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67490<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Midway<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Sherman<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Wilson<\/td>\n<td>894<\/td>\n<td>Wilson, Terra Cotta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Valley<\/td>\n<td>577<\/td>\n<td>Holyrood<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ellsworth<\/td>\n<td>797<\/td>\n<td>Ellsworth, Kanopolis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Empire<\/td>\n<td>174<\/td>\n<td>Yankee Run<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Noble<\/td>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clear Creek<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>Arcola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black Wolf<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>Black Wolf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Langley<\/td>\n<td>76<\/td>\n<td>Langley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thomas<\/td>\n<td>72<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Palacky<\/td>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lincoln<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Columbia<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ash Creek<\/td>\n<td>58<\/td>\n<td>Venango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carneiro<\/td>\n<td>57<\/td>\n<td>Carneiro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trivoli<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>Lorraine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sherman<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td>Midway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mulberry<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>Elkhorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Garfield<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Green Garden<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Delight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>67439 &mdash; Ellsworth (also serves Black Wolf, Carneiro, Langley, Yankee Run)<\/li>\n<li>67490 &mdash; Wilson (also serves Venango, Terra Cotta)<\/li>\n<li>67454 &mdash; Kanopolis<\/li>\n<li>67450 &mdash; Holyrood<\/li>\n<li>67459 &mdash; Lorraine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The remaining unincorporated communities &mdash; Delight, Elkhorn, Arcola and Midway &mdash; use the ZIP code of their nearest post office town rather than a code of their own.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Ellsworth County lies in the Smoky Hills region of central Kansas, where the Smoky Hill River cuts a broad valley across gently rolling, post-rock-fenced prairie. The Kanopolis Reservoir and surrounding Kanopolis State Park, Kansas&#8217;s oldest state park, sit in the southwestern part of the county. Total area is 723 square miles, 716 square miles of it land and 7.4 square miles water.<\/p>\n<p>Ellsworth County borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/lincoln-county-kansas\/\">Lincoln County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/saline-county-kansas\/\">Saline County<\/a> to the east, McPherson County to the southeast, Rice County to the south, Barton County to the southwest, and Russell County to the northwest.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>The county&#8217;s population was 6,376 at the 2020 census. Ellsworth (3,066) and Wilson (859) are the two largest communities, together holding roughly 62 percent of the county&#8217;s residents; the rest live across the smaller cities, unincorporated communities, and open township land. Median household income in Ellsworth County runs below the Kansas median of $70,333, typical of the state&#8217;s rural wheat-belt counties. Population density is about 8.9 people per square mile of land.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture &mdash; wheat, sorghum, and cattle grazing &mdash; anchors the county&#8217;s economy, alongside wind-power generation from the Smoky Hills and Post Rock wind farms that straddle Ellsworth and neighboring counties. Great Plains Manufacturing runs a tillage-implement plant in Ellsworth, one of the county&#8217;s larger employers. Ellsworth&#8217;s economy also leans on heritage tourism tied to its 1870s cattle-town history, and Wilson, self-styled the &#8220;Czech Capital of Kansas,&#8221; draws visitors for its After Harvest Czech Festival each July.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Ellsworth County organized on February 26, 1867, taking its name from Fort Ellsworth, an 1864 Army post named for 2nd Lieutenant Allen Ellsworth. The city of Ellsworth grew into a rowdy cattle-shipping town on the Kansas Pacific Railroad in the 1870s, once billed as &#8220;the wickedest cattletown in Kansas.&#8221; Wilson&#8217;s growth traces to Czech immigrants who arrived from Bohemia in 1874 to work the railroad. The county remained legally &#8220;dry,&#8221; barring alcohol sales, until 1986.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>Interstate 70 runs east-west across the northern part of the county through Wilson and Kanopolis Lake&#8217;s northern shore; U.S. Route 156 and U.S. Route 40 also pass through Ellsworth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salina &mdash; 25 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Great Bend &mdash; 35 miles southwest<\/li>\n<li>Hays &mdash; 50 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Wichita &mdash; 110 miles southeast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Salina Regional Airport.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Ellsworth County, Kansas?<\/strong><br \/>It sits in central Kansas along the Smoky Hill River, about 25 miles west of Salina, roughly along the Interstate 70 corridor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Ellsworth County?<\/strong><br \/>6,376 residents at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Ellsworth County?<\/strong><br \/>723 square miles (1,873 km2), including 7.4 square miles of water, most of it Kanopolis Reservoir.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Ellsworth County?<\/strong><br \/>Ellsworth is the county seat and largest city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Ellsworth County?<\/strong><br \/>Five incorporated cities &mdash; Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis, Holyrood, and Lorraine &mdash; plus about nine unincorporated communities across nineteen townships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Ellsworth County?<\/strong><br \/>67439 (Ellsworth), 67490 (Wilson), 67454 (Kanopolis), 67450 (Holyrood), and 67459 (Lorraine).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Wilson, Kansas known as the &#8220;Czech Capital of Kansas&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>Czech immigrants from Bohemia settled there beginning in 1874 to work the railroad, and the town still celebrates that heritage each July at the After Harvest Czech Festival.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/kansas\/\">Towns and villages in Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellsworth County is a county in Kansas, United States, crossed by the Smoky Hill River in the central part of the state. It had a population of 6,376 at the 2020 census and covers 723 square miles (1,873 km2), 716 square miles of it land, centred near 38\u00b042\u2032N 98\u00b014\u2032W. 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