Ellsinore, Missouri

Overview

• Location: Carter County, Missouri
• Legal status: Fourth-class city
• Population: 363 (Change since 1990: -10.4%)
• Founded: February 21, 1899 by Charles and Millie Herrin
• Name origin: Uncertain
• Alternate name: Elsinore

Geography

• Located in the vicinity of US 60, Route A, Route N, Route V, and Route DD
• Latitude: 36°56'04" N   (+36.9345)
• Longitude: 90°44'47" W   (-90.7463)
• Elevation: 711 feet above sea level
• Public Land Survey: T. 26 N., R. 3 E., Sec. 4-5
• Civil township: Johnson
• Land area: 0.44 square miles (279.7 acres)

As the crow flies, Ellsinore is...

• 4.3 miles E of Crites Corner
• 5.7 miles W of Brush Arbor
• 5.9 miles W of Upalika
• 6.4 miles NE of Hunter
• 8.4 miles NE of Grandin
• 9.6 miles SW of Mill Spring
• 9.7 miles E of Chilton
• 9.9 miles S of Leeper
• 10.0 miles S of Hadley
• 11.2 miles W of Williamsville
• 70.9 miles SW of Cape Girardeau
• 120.7 miles S of St. Louis

History

Name origin

The exact origin is not known, although it could be named after Elsinore, Denmark, the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet, or it might be a concatenation of Elsie and Nora, daughters of Joseph Pace, a local schoolteacher.

Demographics