Welcome to Elton ...

So far, we found very little information about Elton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elton, please Contact Us.

Elton would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.

The location of Elton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elton is 2,520 feet [768 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Elton is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Elton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Elton still existed, it would have been in the (308) area code.

Communities Also Named Elton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Elton - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elton.

Communities near Elton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elton.

• Broken Bow
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Bow
  • Broken Bow is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,437 people
  • Broken Bow has also been known as:
  • Brokenbow
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broken Bow <5>
• Sargent
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargent
  • Sargent is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 498 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sargent <5>
• Ansley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansley
  • Ansley is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ansley <5>
• Merna
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
  • Merna is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 360 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Merna <5>
• Arcadia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcadia
  • Arcadia is located in Valley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcadia <5>
• Taylor
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
  • Taylor is located in Loup County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <5>
• Comstock
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Comstock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Comstock
  • Comstock is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Comstock <5>
• Berwyn
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Berwyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berwyn
  • Berwyn is located in Custer County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berwyn <5>
• Westerville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
  • Westerville is located in Custer County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <5>
• Wescott
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wescott
  • Wescott is located in Custer County

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 Elton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elton. 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 Elton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elton. See our Newspapers Page for Elton.

Adding Elton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Elton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Elton post office opened in 1879.

We also found Elton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/