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Welcome to Elmoville ...

Elmoville is located in Jo Daviess County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elmoville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Elmoville is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Elmoville: 815 & 779<3>

Communities near Elmoville ...

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

  • Savanna
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lena
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Lena is located in Stephenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,680 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lena <4>
  • Bellevue
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Bellevue is located in Jackson County (IA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellevue <4>
  • Stockton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Mount Carroll
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Lanark
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Warren
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Warren is located in Jo Daviess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
  • Pearl City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hanover
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Elizabeth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elmoville ...

Looking for more information about Elmoville? 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 Elmoville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elmoville.

Adding Elmoville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elmoville 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 Elmoville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Elmoville post office opened in 1895. The Elmoville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elmoville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Jo Daviess, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elmoville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Elmoville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Elmoville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/