Ellendale
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1844
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 44.930, -123.355
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Ellendale is a ghost town in Polk County, Oregon, United States, about two and a half miles west of Dallas. It was the first settlement in present-day Polk County by non-Kalapuyans. The community's name changed over the years, with the first post office in Polk County being opened in this locality as "O'Neils Mills" in 1850. The post office was renamed "Nesmiths" in 1850 and discontinued in 1852. The community was eventually renamed Ellendale.