[3] It is named for Richard Ellis,[4] president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence.

[8] There has been a country club and a two-acre public park with boat ramp since the lake was completed.

A Williams Institute analysis of 2010 census data found about 3.2 same-sex couples per 1,000 households were in the county.

[16] American Community Survey 2023 Racial Data The United States Census Bureau estimated that in 2023, Ellis County’s population was 222,829.

[20] Ellis County is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth television media market in North Texas.

Stations in the market are KDFW-TV, KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV, KERA-TV, KTXA-TV, KDFI-TV, KDAF-TV, KFWD-TV, and KDTX-TV.

A weekly newspaper, the Ellis County Press, is based in Ferris and published Thursdays.