Welcome to Elcomb ...

Elcomb is located in Harlan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elcomb, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Elcomb is 1,370 feet [418 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Elcomb: 606

Communities near Elcomb ...

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

• Alanthus Hill
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Alanthus Hill is located in Hancock County (TN)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alanthus Hill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,498 people
• Pennington Gap
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
• Jonesville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jonesville is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jonesville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jonesville <3>
• Evarts
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Evarts is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evarts
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 792 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Evarts <3>
• Wallins Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Wallins Creek is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallins Creek
  • Estimated population in 2016: 146 people
• Saint Charles
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Saint Charles is located in Lee County (VA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
• Coxton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Coxton is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coxton
• Rosspoint
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosspoint is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosspoint
• South Wallins
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • South Wallins is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Wallins
• Twila
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Twila is located in Harlan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twila

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elcomb ...

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

Adding Elcomb to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Elcomb post office opened in 1918. The Elcomb post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elcomb.