Do you know of Elmo ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elmo. 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 Elmo.<1>

We found mention of Elmo as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

Communities Also Named Elmo ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Elmo.

There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Elmo.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Independence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Elmo [Independence County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Kern County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Elmo [Kern County].
- Georgia
  - Coffee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elmo [Coffee County].
- Kansas
  - Dickinson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elmo [Dickinson County].
- Kentucky
  - Christian County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elmo [Christian County].
- Maine
  - Aroostook County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Elmo [Aroostook County].
- Mississippi
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Elmo [Jefferson County].
- Missouri
  - Nodaway County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elmo [Nodaway County].
- Montana
  - Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Elmo [Lake County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Clarion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elmo [Clarion County].
- Texas
  - Kaufman County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elmo [Kaufman County].
- Utah
  - Emery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Elmo [Emery County].
- Virginia
  - Halifax County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Elmo [Halifax County].
- West Virginia
  - Fayette County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Elmo [Fayette County].
- Wisconsin
  - Grant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Elmo [Grant County].
- Wyoming
  - Carbon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Elmo [Carbon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elmo ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elmo:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elmo - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Crittenden County ...

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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 Crittenden County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

<2>

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 Elmo 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.