Welcome to Saint Elmo ...

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

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

Saint Elmo would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>.

Saint Elmo was founded in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Elmo: St. Elmo

While the community is gone, the present day location for Saint Elmo is 10,000 feet [3,048 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Saint Elmo is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Saint Elmo was located: 719

Going back to its beginning, Saint Elmo was originally named Forest City. For more information about the names of Saint Elmo, see The Names of Saint Elmo on our Genealogy Page.

Communities Also Named Saint Elmo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Saint Elmo - they are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ontario (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Saint Elmo ...

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

• Buena Vista
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <5>
• Poncha Springs
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poncha Springs
  • Poncha Springs is located in Chaffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poncha Springs <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Poncha Springs
  • From Saint Elmo to Poncha Springs
• Pitkin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pitkin
  • Pitkin is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pitkin <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Pitkin
  • From Saint Elmo to Pitkin
• Hancock ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
  • Hancock is located in Chaffee County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Hancock
  • From Saint Elmo to Hancock
• Tincup
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
  • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tincup
  • From Saint Elmo to Tincup
• Abbeyville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
  • Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
  • Former name for Abbeyville:
  • Hillerton
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Abbeyville
  • From Saint Elmo to Abbeyville
• Monarch
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monarch
  • Monarch is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monarch <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Monarch
  • From Saint Elmo to Monarch
• Whitepine
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
  • Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
  • Whitepine has also been known as:
  • White Pine
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Whitepine
  • From Saint Elmo to Whitepine
• Johnson Village
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Village
  • Johnson Village is located in Chaffee County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson Village <5>
• Maysville ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
  • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Maysville
  • From Saint Elmo to Maysville

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

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

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

Adding Saint Elmo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Saint Elmo post office opened in 1880.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Elmo.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Chaffee County: www.chaffeecounty.org/

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