Ellis County, Texas

Ellis County
Ellis County
County
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 32°21′N 96°47′W / 32.35°N 96.79°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1850
Named for	Richard Ellis
Seat	Waxahachie
Largest city	Waxahachie
Area
• Total	952 sq mi (2,470 km2)
• Land	936 sq mi (2,420 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	192,455
• Density	200/sq mi (78/km2)
Demonym	Ellisite
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th
Website	www.co.ellis.tx.us

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Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2020, its population was estimated to be 192,455.^[1] The county seat is Waxahachie.^[2] The county was founded in 1849 and organized the next year.^[3] It is named for Richard Ellis,^[4] president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence. Ellis County is included in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area.

^ "Ellis County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 117.