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Welcome to Elderville ...

Elderville is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elderville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Elderville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elderville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Elderville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elderville - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Elderville ...

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

  • Keokuk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Keokuk is located in Lee County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keokuk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,090 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keokuk <3>
  • Hamilton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Carthage
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Canton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Canton is located in Lewis County (MO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,314 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canton <3>
  • Warsaw
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Nauvoo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Mendon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Montrose
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ursa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Augusta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elderville ...

Looking for more information about Elderville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Elderville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elderville.

Adding Elderville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elderville 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 (so far) for Elderville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Elderville post office opened in 1873. The Elderville post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elderville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elderville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/