Ellsworth is an unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States.

[3] Ellsworth was established in the late nineteenth century as a company town for the Spade Ranch and a shipping point for cattle on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

[4] Although unincorporated Ellsworth has one business, Morgan's Store and post office with the ZIP code of 69340.

In 1888 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad chose the site as a location for a depot and water stop on their newly built line.

Bartlett Richards had a brick summer home with a courtyard built north of the store location in 1904.