Welcome to Elk ...

Elk is located in Chaves County<1>.

The location of Elk has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Elk is 5,840 feet [1,780 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Elk is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Elk lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Elk is within the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Elk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Elk - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Elk ...

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

• Mayhill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhill
  • Mayhill is located in Otero County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayhill <4>
• Dunken ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
  • Dunken is located in Chaves County
• Hortonville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
  • Hortonville is located in Otero County
• Weed
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
  • Weed is located in Otero County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <4>
• Sacramento
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
  • Sacramento is located in Otero County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sacramento <4>
• Pinon
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
  • Pinon is located in Otero County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinon <4>
• Cloudcroft
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
  • Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <4>
• Mountain Park
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
  • Mountain Park is located in Otero County
• High Rolls
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
  • High Rolls is located in Otero County
• Mescalero
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescalero
  • Mescalero is located in Otero County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mescalero <4>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk ...

Looking for more information about Elk? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Elk, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk.

Adding Elk to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk 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 Elk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Elk post office opened in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elk. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chaves County: www.co.chaves.nm.us/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/