Ellsworth, IL

Ellsworth is a village in Dawson Township, McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 184 residents. Ellsworth is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ellsworth was laid out on December 6, 1871, by Jonathan H. Ellsworth makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Ellsworth is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Cheney, Almon Brigham Ives, and Oliver Ellsworth, whom the town was named after. Ellsworth is in eastern McLean County, 16 miles east of Bloomington, the county seat, and 9 miles north-northeast of Le Roy.