Do you know of Elmwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elmwood. 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 Elmwood.
We found mention of Elmwood as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1890.
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 Elmwood ...
We found 61 communities that share the name Elmwood.
Within Minnesota, the name Elmwood is unique.
Beyond Minnesota, we know of another 61 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 61 communities, 57 are located in the United States and seven are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Elmwood [Boone County].
- Chicot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Elmwood [Chicot County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Elmwood [Jefferson County].
- California
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Elmwood [Fairfield County].
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Elmwood [Hartford County].
- Delaware
- New Castle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Elmwood [New Castle County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elmwood [Fulton County].
- Laurens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elmwood [Laurens County].
- Twiggs County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elmwood [Twiggs County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elmwood [Wayne County].
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elmwood [Webster County].
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Elmwood [De Soto Parish].
- Jefferson Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Elmwood [Jefferson Parish].
- Vernon Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Elmwood [Vernon Parish].
- Maine
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Elmwood [Cumberland County].
- Knox County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Elmwood [Knox County].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Elmwood [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Berrien County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elmwood [Berrien County].
- Iron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elmwood [Iron County].
- Tuscola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elmwood [Tuscola County].
- Wayne County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elmwood [Wayne County].
- Missouri
- Cape Girardeau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elmwood [Cape Girardeau County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elmwood [Pike County].
- Saline County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elmwood [Saline County].
- Nebraska
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Elmwood [Cass County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Elmwood.
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Cayuga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Elmwood [Cayuga County].
- North Carolina
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Elmwood.
- Ohio
- Ashtabula County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elmwood [Ashtabula County].
- Franklin County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elmwood [Franklin County].
- Hamilton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elmwood [Hamilton County].
- Pickaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elmwood [Pickaway County].
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Elmwood [Beaver County].
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- McKean County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elmwood [McKean County].
- Philadelphia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elmwood [Philadelphia County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elmwood [York County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Elmwood.
- Rhode Island
- Providence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Elmwood [Providence County].
- South Carolina
- Edgefield County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Elmwood [Edgefield County].
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Elmwood [Richland County].
- Tennessee
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Elmwood [Smith County].
- Sumner County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Elmwood [Sumner County].
- Texas
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elmwood [Anderson County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Elmwood [Pierce County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elmwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elmwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Elmwood.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 27/19070 (Place Name: Elmwood)
County: Hennepin (FIPS State/County: 27/053)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Elmwood) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.
More Orphans in Hennepin County ...
Can you help?
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 Hennepin County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Elmwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |