Place:Ellenboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States

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NameEllenboro
TypeTown
Coordinates39.268°N 81.051°W
Located inRitchie, West Virginia, United States
Contained Places
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Victory Ridge Cemetery
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Ellenboro is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census.[1] 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. Ellenboro was incorporated in 1903.

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