Ellisville Township, Fulton County, Illinois
# Ellisville Township, Fulton County, Illinois

Ellisville Township is one of twenty-six townships in Fulton County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 155 and it contained 69 housing units.

## History

Ellisville Township is named for Levi D. Ellis, an early settler.

## Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 13.91 square miles (36.0 $km^2),$ of which 13.89 square miles (36.0 $km^2)$ (or 99.86%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 $km^2)$ (or 0.14%) is water.

### Cities, towns, villages

* Ellisville

### Extinct towns

* Ellisville Station, a mining community on Narrow Gauge Railroad until the 1920s, consisted of a railroad depot, grocery store, butcher shop and barber shop plus numerous company-owned miner's houses. The mining company went under and the town vanished. It lasted from 1896 to about 1926. From 1909 to 1913 it had a post office here.

### Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Ellisville, Heartley, Landon and Pleasant Hill.

### Major highways

* Illinois Route 116

### Landmarks

* Mount Pisgah Park, a 40-acre tract located southeast of Ellisville, IL, was owned by Fulton County until September, 2009, when it was sold at public auction. The new owner, John Wiemers is maintaining the property as a recreational site now known as "Mount Pisgah . . .a peaceful place."

## School districts

* Avon Community Unit School District 176
* Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District 4

## Political districts

* Illinois' 17th congressional district
* State House District 94
* State Senate District 47
