Welcome to Elkader ...Elkader is located in Logan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkader, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Elkader is 2,630 feet [802 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Elkader is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Elkader lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Elkader (for example, toward Wallace), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Code for Elkader: 785 Communities Also Named Elkader ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elkader - it's located in Iowa. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elkader. Communities near Elkader ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elkader.
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 Elkader. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elkader. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elkader. 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 Elkader. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkader. See our Newspapers Page for Elkader. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkader ...Looking for more information about Elkader? 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 Elkader, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elkader. Adding Elkader to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elkader in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Elkader was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkader. Footnotes ...
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