Do you know of Elva ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elva. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Elva.

Our sources for Elva (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elva other than they indicate that Elva would be found somewhere in Tuscola County, Michigan.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1903.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Elva ...

We found six communities that share the name Elva.

Within Michigan, the name Elva is unique.

Beyond Michigan, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • DeKalb County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Elva [DeKalb County].
  • Kentucky
    • Marshall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elva [Marshall County].
  • Manitoba
    • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Elva.
  • New Mexico
    • Chaves County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Elva [Chaves County].
  • Tennessee
    • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Elva [Scott County].
  • Texas
    • Ellis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elva [Ellis County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elva ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elva:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elva - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Tuscola County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Tuscola County.