Editing Ellettsville, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Ellettsville, Indiana
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
| motto              = "Builders Of American History"
| image_skyline      = Downtown Ellettsville.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Downtown Ellettsville
| image_seal         = EllettsvilleINseal.png
| image_map          = File:Monroe County Indiana Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ellettsville Highlighted 1820800.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Ellettsville in Monroe County, Indiana.
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| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Indiana]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Monroe County, Indiana|Monroe]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of Indiana townships|Township]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana|Richland]]
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| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total   = 6655
| population_density_km2 = 496.61
| population_density_sq_mi = 1286.24
| timezone           = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| area_land_km2      = 13.40
| area_water_km2     = 0.00
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_18.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 16, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 13.40
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.17
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.17
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.00
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 696
| coordinates        = {{coord|39|13|56|N|86|37|27|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 47429
| area_code          = [[Area code 812|812]], [[Area code 930|930]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 18-20800<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2396926<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396926}}</ref>
| website            = https://www.ellettsville.in.us
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
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'''Ellettsville''' is a town in [[Richland Township, Monroe County, Indiana]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> The population was 6,655 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the [[Bloomington, Indiana]] [[Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==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.]]

==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, Ellettsville has a total area of {{convert|4.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1820800
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 16, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213044701/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1820800
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

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

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 74
|1880= 585
|1890= 712
|1900= 708
|1910= 676
|1920= 721
|1930= 767
|1940= 863
|1950= 855
|1960= 1222
|1970= 1627
|1980= 3328
|1990= 3275
|2000= 5078
|2010= 6378
|2020= 6655
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
At the 2010 [[census]],<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> there were 6,378 people, 2,593 households and 1,704 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1504.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. There were 2,753 housing units at an average density of {{convert|649.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup was 95.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.7% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.9% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 2,593 households, of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.3% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.98.

The median age was 34.5 years. 26.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.7% were from 25 to 44; 23% were from 45 to 64; and 12.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.7% male and 53.3% female.

===2000 census===
At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 5,078 people, 1,944 households and 1,345 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2,356.8|/sqmi}}. There were 2,085 housing units at an average density of {{convert|967.7|/sqmi}}. The racial make-up was 95.83% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.73% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.81% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.24% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.18% of the population.

There were 1,944 households, of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 people, and the average family size was 3.09 people.

30.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.0 males.

The [[median household income]] was $37,276 and the median family income was $42,950. Males had a median income of $32,153 and females $26,313. The [[per capita income]] was $16,120. About 6.7% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the [[poverty threshold|poverty line]], including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 12.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Edgewood High School (Indiana)|Edgewood High School]] serves students in grades 9-12. Edgewood Junior High School serves grades 6-8. Edgewood Intermediate School serves grades 3-5. Edgewood Primary School serves grades K-2. [[Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation]] represents the two townships (Richland and Bean Blossom) in northwestern Monroe County.

Ellettsville has a [[public library]], a branch of the [[Monroe County Public Library]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mcpl.info/geninfo/hours-and-locations | title=Hours & Locations | date=January 23, 2012 | publisher=Monroe County Public Library | access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.ellettsville.in.us Town website]

{{Monroe County, Indiana}}
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[[Category:Towns in Monroe County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Indiana]]
[[Category:Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana]]