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Ellis County
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county in Texas, United States
Ellis County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is home to several communities and serves as part of Texas's local government structure.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Ellis
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Waxahachie
- Capital
- Waxahachie
- Population
- 192455
- Area
- 2465
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Dallas County
- Official website
- www.elliscountytx.gov
- Image
- Waxahachie Front.jpg
- Households
- 59399
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- Agave parviflora
- Commons category
- Ellis County, Texas
- inception
- 1849-12-20
- topic's main category
- Category:Ellis County, Texas
- different from
- Ellis County
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Ellis County
- topic has template
- Template:Ellis County, Texas
- per capita income
- 33629
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ellis County, Texas
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Encyclopedic overview
Across from the courthouse is the Ellis County Museum.
Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, its population was estimated to be 192,455. The county seat is Waxahachie. The county was founded in 1849 and organized the next year. It is named for Richard Ellis, president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence. Ellis County is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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