Welcome to Elkton ...

So far, we found very little information about Elkton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elkton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elkton, please Contact Us.

Elkton would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.

The location of Elkton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elkton is 10,450 feet [3,185 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Elkton is about 2 miles [or ~3¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Elkton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Elkton once stood is in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Elkton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Elkton: This one is located in Gunnison County and the other is located in Teller County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 18 communities that are also named Elkton - they are located in Alberta, Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Elkton ...

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

• Aspen
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
  • Aspen is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aspen <5>
• Snowmass Village
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass Village
  • Snowmass Village is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,760 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass Village <5>
• Crested Butte
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crested Butte
  • Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crested Butte <5>
• Mount Crested Butte
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Crested Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
  • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
• Marble
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Marble is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <5>
• Crystal ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
• Irwin ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
• Ashcroft ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
  • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
  • Former names for Ashcroft:
  • Castle Forks City
  • Chloride
• Redstone
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • Redstone is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redstone <5>
• Almont
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Almont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almont
  • Almont is located in Gunnison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Almont <5>

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

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

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

Adding Elkton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elkton 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 Elkton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Elkton post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/