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Welcome to Elsdon ...

Elsdon is located in Cook County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elsdon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Elsdon is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Elsdon ...

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

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

Communities near Elsdon ...

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

  • Chicago
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cicero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Hammond
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Hammond is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 75,342 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <3>
  • Bolingbrook
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Evanston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Skokie
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Des Plaines
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Orland Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tinley Park
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Lawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elsdon ...

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

Adding Elsdon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elsdon 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 Elsdon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Elsdon post office opened in 1889. The Elsdon post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elsdon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Cook, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elsdon - 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/