Ellis County Court Cases

Find Ellis County court case information. Lookup your case detail via the Ellis County case website. Ellis County Texas was established in 1849. The county was once part of Navarro County. The county was named after Richard Ellis (1781-1846), president of the convention that produced the Texas Declaration of Independence, Ellis County covers an area of 940 square miles and has a reported population of 149610. The county seat and court are located in the city of Waxahachie, Texas.

Crime & Case Details for Ellis County

For 2016, the following crime related statistics were reported in the county:

• DWI & Alcohol-Related Driving Deaths: 36
• Violent Crime Cases: 201
• Murder / Homicide Rate (per 100k residents): 4.1

For the felony cases tried in the county last year (2016), here’s how the defendants were sentenced:

• Prison: 1043
• Texas State Jail: 480
• County Jail: 856
• Probation Time: 1485
• Fines Only: 11

Ellis County Court Case Volume

As of August 2016, the county had the following active-pending caseload volume:

• Civil Cases: 7510
• Family Relations Cases: 13690
• Juvenile Cases: 207
• Criminal Cases: 11189