The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Ellsworth (county)

ELLSWORTH, a central county of Kansas, intersected by Smoky Hill river; area, 720 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 1,185. The Kansas Pacific railroad passes through it. The chief productions in 1870 were 2,175 bushels of wheat, 12,167 of Indian corn, 4,393 of potatoes, and 1,604 tons of hay. Capital, Ellsworth.