Ellis is an unincorporated community in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
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Ellis is located in central Wisconsin approximately six miles northeast of Stevens Point, approximately four miles north of Custer, and approximately six miles southwest of Rosholt (Lat: 44° 34' 30.7", Lon: -89° 26' 47.9"). Ellis is located in the town of Sharon, where State Road 66 and Portage County Road J to the south meets with the Township of Sharon's Ellis Road. Ellis is located on State Road 66 between Portage County Road K to the north and K to the south (in Polonia.)
It is currently the seat for the Town of Sharon, with its office inside of the former Edison School, located at on State Road 66 between County Road J to the south and County Road K to the north.
Ellis is home to two tractor dealers, St. Martin's Church, a cemetery, an apartment complex, Wysocki Farms (and warehouses), and two bars.
According to the 'historians' at Harvey's Pub, Ellis was the center of the region - with focus on St. Martin's Church. Its influence extended north into Bevent, the south to Almond, the west past Stevens Point, and east into Rosholt and Amherst.
Ellis, in its pioneer days, was a very "rough and tumble" place. Local lore includes that church officials were displeased with the violence and barbaric behavior of early pioneers in the taverns, so some had split and vacated Ellis to move to Polonia, about 1½ mile to the east.
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