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Welcome to Elkwood ...

Elkwood is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Elkwood is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elkwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Elkwood: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Elkwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elkwood - it's located in Virginia.

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

Communities near Elkwood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkwood ...

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

Adding Elkwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elkwood 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 (so far) for Elkwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Elkwood post office opened in 1899. The Elkwood post office closed in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elkwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Elkwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Elkwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/