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Welcome to Elkhart ...The city of Elkhart is located in Elkhart County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkhart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839. When the people of Elkhart refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Elkhartan<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Elkhart has a population of 52,354 people<3> (see below for details). Elkhart is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Elkhart lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Elkhart (for example, toward La Porte), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The telephone area code for Elkhart: (574) The ZIP codes for Elkhart: 46514-46517<5> Websites for Elkhart ...Official Website: www.elkhartindiana.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.elkhart.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Elkhart had an population of 52,354 people. This is an increase of 2.76% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 0.93% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Elkhart had a population of 50,949 people (which is 25.79% of the total population of Elkhart County). This makes Elkhart the county's most populous community. The population of Elkhart represents 0.79% of the population of Indiana (which has 6,483,802 people), making it the state's 15th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 50,949 people, the population of Elkhart decreased 1.78% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 51,874 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Elkhart. Communities Also Named Elkhart ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Elkhart - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Missouri, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elkhart. Communities near Elkhart ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elkhart.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elkhart. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elkhart. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elkhart. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elkhart. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkhart. Our list includes 38 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Elkhart. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkhart ...Looking for more information about Elkhart? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Elkhart, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Elkhart. Adding Elkhart to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elkhart in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Elkhart was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Elkhart in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkhart. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Elkhart: www.elkhartindiana.org/ The official website for Elkhart County: www.elkhartcountyindiana.com/ The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov Footnotes ...
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