Official Name: | Ellisville |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Alabama. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Alabama |
Subdivision Name2: | Cherokee |
Elevation Ft: | 581 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 34.0647°N -85.61°W |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Area Code: | 256 & 938 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 117952 |
Ellisville, also known as Coloma, is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.
Ellisville was named for Wyatt Ellis Sr. who kept a store in the community.[1] A post office operated under the name Coloma from 1850 to 1907.[2] Company I of the 19th Regiment Alabama Infantry, known as the "Cherokee Rangers", mustered at Coloma on August 10, 1861.[3]