Do you know of Elk Grove ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elk Grove. 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 Elk Grove.<1>
Our sources for Elk Grove (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elk Grove other than they indicate that Elk Grove would be found somewhere in Hancock County, Iowa.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1856 and closed in 1860.
Communities Also Named Elk Grove ...
We found five communities that share the name Elk Grove.
Within Iowa, the name Elk Grove is unique.
Beyond Iowa, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Missouri
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elk Grove [Caldwell County].
- Pennsylvania
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elk Grove [Columbia County].
- Wisconsin
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Elk Grove [Lafayette County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elk Grove ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elk Grove:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.
More Orphans in Hancock 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 Hancock County.
| Concord | Hyman |
| Cuba | |
| Luzon | |
| Ellington | |
| Elmo | Madison Junction |
| Magor | |
| German | |
| Upper Grove |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |