Do you know of Elko ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elko. 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 Elko.

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

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.

Communities Also Named Elko ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Elko.

Within Colorado, the name Elko is unique.

Beyond Colorado, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Elko [Madison County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Elko.
- Georgia
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elko [Houston County].
- Kentucky
  - Edmonson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elko [Edmonson County].
- Minnesota
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Elko [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elko [Putnam County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Elko [Elko County].
- New York
  - Cattaraugus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Elko [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
  - Stokes County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Elko [Stokes County].
- Ohio
  - Vinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elko [Vinton County].
- South Carolina
  - Barnwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Elko [Barnwell County].
- Virginia
  - Henrico County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Elko [Henrico County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elko ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Saguache County ...

Can you help?

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 Saguache County.

Buxton
	Orient
Claytonia
Cuenin	Pocono
	Poncha Pass
Davenport
Dune	Round Hill

Garibaldi	San Isabel
	Shawano
Hillden	Shirley
Hot Springs	Swede Corners

Marshall Pass	Veteran

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Elko 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.