{"id":6720,"count":1,"description":"Ellisburg is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 3,474 at the 2010 census. The town is in the southwestern corner of the county and is south of Watertown. Ellisburg is named after early landowners. The town contains a village also called Ellisburg.\nThe town was visited by Samuel de Champlain and other explorers and missionaries in the 17th Century. Prehistoric remains show evidence of native occupation.\nThe town land was purchased by Marvel and Lyman Ellis from Macomb's Purchase and first settled around 1797 near Ellisburg village. Originally it was called \"Ellisburgh.\"\nThe town was organized in 1803 from the town of Mexico (now in Oswego County) before the creation of Jefferson County.\nIn 1814 during the War of 1812, a British invasion force was defeated at the Battle of Big Sandy Creek.\nThe community of Belleville set itself apart from the town by incorporating as a village. The community of Mannsville was incorporated as a village in 1879....","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/ellisburg\/","name":"Ellisburg","slug":"ellisburg","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/6720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=6720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}