Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Ellingson Farm
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About this site
Ellingson Farm is a historic place in Clifton, Bosque County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 35 historic places documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7787, -97.7115 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brogdon Farm (historic place), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Knudson, Knud S., Jenson, Jens, and Pierson, Ole and Ann, Farm.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003101. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Ellingson Farm is one of the Norwegian immigrant farmsteads of the Norse Historic District near Clifton in Bosque County, the largest Norwegian colony in the American Southwest, settled from 1854. It is among the properties documented in the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.govnpgallery.nps.gov
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