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Welcome to Elkinsville ...

Elkinsville is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkinsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Elkinsville is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elkinsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Elkinsville: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Elkinsville ...

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

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

Communities near Elkinsville ...

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

  • Bloomington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownstown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oolitic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Nashville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Medora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Medora is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medora
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 693 people
  • Judah
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Judah is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judah
  • Houston
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Houston is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
  • Becks Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Becks Grove is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becks Grove
  • Pikes Peak
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pikes Peak is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikes Peak

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkinsville ...

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

Adding Elkinsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Elkinsville post office opened in 1860. The Elkinsville post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkinsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elkinsville - 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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Elkinsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Elkinsville 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/