Editing Ellettsville, Indiana (section)

==History==
Ellettsville was [[plat]]ted in 1837.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi | title=History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyoflawrenc00indi/page/435 435]}}<br>- "New Ellettsville/Richland Group Draws Small Crowd of Citizens", ''Ellettsville Journal'', December 8, 2010, 1.</ref> In 1818, Edward Ellett, Sr, and his wife Eleanor settled in what is now known as Ellettsville with their four minor sons: David, Richard, Johnston and Barton. The first winter, they lived in a three-sided log cabin they built.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=4–6}}</ref> Also settling that year were their two eldest sons, William and Samuel, with their wives and families.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=12–46}}</ref> Within a few years daughters Sarah, Phoebe and Nancy settled in the area with their husbands. In 1826, their third eldest son, Edward, Jr., also arrived in the town that was named Ellettsville in 1837.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=52–85}}</ref> Samuel Ellett built the first courthouse in 1820. It was completed ahead of schedule and at the cost of $400. By 1822, the first school opened and with Samuel Ellett's children  attending.<ref name="Carter">{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=5}}</ref>

When Indiana celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1987, a historical marker was placed to mark the grave of the town's founder, Edward Ellett, Sr. (c.1762-1833).<ref name="Carter"/> Two of Edward Ellett's sons, Samuel and Edward Jr., fought in [[The War of 1812]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=2}}</ref> In turn, three of the founder's grandsons fought to preserve the Union in the Civil War. Stephen R. Ellett fought with the [[67th Indiana Infantry Regiment]], at the Battle of Vicksburg, while his younger brothers, James W. Ellett and John H. Ellett, volunteered and fought with the [[27th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown, E.R.|title=The Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of Rebellion, 1861 TO 1865|year=1899|pages=584}}</ref><ref name="Carter104">{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=104}}</ref> at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]. James Ellett died in service of his county in 1864 in Alabama while his brother, John Ellett, was wounded at [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] but survived the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="Carter104"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Brown, E.R.|title=The Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the War of Rebellion, 1861 TO 1865|year=1899|pages=584}}</ref> The family tradition of loyal service to the U.S. was later followed by the founder's great great grandson, Dale Ellett, who volunteered and died in [[World War II]] in 1945 fighting against [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carter, Lang, and Matthews|title=Leaves from the Ellett-Elliott Family Tree|year=1988|pages=105}}</ref>

The post office at Ellettsville has been in operation since 1837.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Monroe | title=Monroe County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref> The community was incorporated as a town in 1866.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC | title=Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vyqC5iVmYtYC/page/n509 505]}}</ref>

[[Ellettsville Downtown Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

[[File:Ellettsville, Indiana building.jpg|thumb|Photo from Small Town Indiana photo survey.]]