Ellaville is a city in Schley County,

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, United States. The population was 1,812 at the 2010 census. The city is the

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of Schley County. Ellaville is part of the Americus micropolitan statistical area.

History

A town named Pond Town was established in 1812 along the stage coach in the area that is now the location of the Ellaville City Cemetery. The area was then part of the lands belonging to the

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. In 1821, after the Treaty of Indian Springs the area became part of the state of Georgia. In 1826, it served as temporary county seat for Lee County upon the creation of the then vast county. Pond Town soon became a lively town noted for horse racing and whiskey. In 1831, the area became part of Sumter County. Ellaville was founded in 1857 as county seat of the newly formed Schley County. It was incorporated as a town in 1859. The community was named after the daughter of a first settler.

Lynchings

* The hanging of Charles Blackman occurred in Ellaville, Georgia, on January 25, 1889 *In January 1911 a white man died in a Black owned store. He was taken for his own safety to Columbus for three months but when he returned three months later a mob 200 strong lynched Dawson Jordan, Charles Pickett, and Murray Burton as well as burning down three black lodges, a church and a school. *October 1912, a prisoner seized from the Sumter County sheriff near Oglethorpe was hung from a bridge and shot dead *June 1913, twenty-four-year-old Will Redding was dragged from the Ellaville's city jail strung up on a street corner and riddled with bullets. * Will Jones was lynched in Ellaville, Georgia by a white mob on February 13, 1922.

Geography

According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,595 people, 610 households, and 438 families residing in the city.

Education

Schley County School District

The Schley County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of one elementary school and one middle-high school. The district has 66 full-time teachers and over 1,126 students.School Stats
Retrieved June 26, 2010. *Schley County Elementary School *

Schley Middle High School Schley Middle High School is located in the town of Ellaville, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Schley County School District, which covers residents of Ellaville and Murrays Crossroads. The middle school serves grades 6 through 8, w ...

Infrastructure

Ellaville is served by

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and

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References

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