Ellenboro, WV

Ellenboro is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. The 2020 census counted 222 residents. The town is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 16; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town. The town was named for Ellen Mariah Williamson, the eldest daughter of the family that granted a right of way for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to build their line through the town; an earlier name for the community was Shumley. The through line in Ellenboro is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Ellenboro makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Ellenboro was incorporated in 1903. Hushers Run flows through the town.