Welcome to Little Elk ...

Little Elk is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Elk, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Little Elk is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Little Elk lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Little Elk: (814)

Communities Also Named Little Elk ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Little Elk - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Little Elk ...

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

• Erie
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
  • Erie is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <3>
• Conneaut
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conneaut
  • Conneaut is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,237 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conneaut <3>
• Edinboro
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edinboro have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinboro
  • Edinboro is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,405 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edinboro <3>
• Wesleyville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wesleyville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wesleyville
  • Wesleyville is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,093 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wesleyville <3>
• Girard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Girard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girard
  • Girard is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,897 people
• Lake City
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
  • Lake City is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,836 people
• North Kingsville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Kingsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingsville
  • North Kingsville is located in Ashtabula County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,779 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Kingsville <3>
• Cambridge Springs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cambridge Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge Springs
  • Cambridge Springs is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cambridge Springs <3>
• Borough of Fairview
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Borough of Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borough of Fairview
  • Borough of Fairview is located in Erie County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Borough of Fairview <3>
• Waterford
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
  • Waterford is located in Erie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,486 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waterford <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Elk ...

Looking for more information about Little 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 Little Elk, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Little Elk.

Adding Little Elk to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little Elk post office opened in 1890.

We also found Little Elk in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Elk.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Erie County: www.eriecountygov.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/