Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Elimer (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Elimer. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Elimer is located in Pike County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike County: Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Buchanan (VA), Dickenson (VA), Wise (VA) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Elimer. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Elimer:
- Pike County (The home county of Elimer)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Dorton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Myra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Myra is located in Pike County
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- Jonancy
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jonancy is located in Pike County
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- Virgie
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Virgie is located in Pike County
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- Hellier
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Hellier is located in Pike County
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- Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
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- Ashcamp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
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- Rockhouse
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rockhouse is located in Pike County
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- Robinson Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
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- Yeager
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Yeager is located in Pike County
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- Draffin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Draffin is located in Pike County
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- Marrowbone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marrowbone is located in Pike County
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- Belcher
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belcher is located in Pike County
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- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Weeksbury
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Weeksbury is located in Floyd County
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- Melvin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin is located in Floyd County
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- Wheelwright
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelwright is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheelwright
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Beaver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Bypro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Wheelwright Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Teaberry
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Teaberry is located in Floyd County
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- Galveston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
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- Hi Hat
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Osborn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
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- Grethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
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- Dema
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Dema is located in Floyd County
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- McDowell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Harlan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Lynch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benham
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cumberland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Kite
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kite is located in Knott County
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- Raven
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Pine Top
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pine Top is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
- Pippa Passes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pippa Passes is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pippa Passes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 606 people
- Mousie
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
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- Garner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Garner is located in Knott County
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- Littcarr
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Littcarr is located in Knott County
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- Redfox
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Redfox is located in Knott County
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- Leburn
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hindman
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Carrie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Carrie is located in Knott County
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- Tina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Tina is located in Knott County
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- Vest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Letcher County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Burdine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Burdine is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdine
- Jenkins
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McRoberts
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McRoberts is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McRoberts
- Cromona
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Cromona is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromona
- Fleming - Neon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fleming - Neon is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming - Neon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 610 people
- Hemphill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Hemphill is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemphill
- Hemphill has also been known as:
- Jackhorn
- Neon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tolliver Town
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tolliver Town is located in Letcher County
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- Seco
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Seco is located in Letcher County
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- Whitaker
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Whitaker is located in Letcher County
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- Millstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
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- Deane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
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- Farraday
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Farraday is located in Letcher County
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- Magoffin County
- Gunlock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
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- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Vicco
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Vicco is located in Perry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
- Scuddy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Acup
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Acup is located in Perry County
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- Cornettsville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cornettsville is located in Perry County
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- Happy
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Happy is located in Perry County
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- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Big Rock
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Leemaster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Leemaster is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leemaster
- Grundy
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Royal City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Royal City is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal City
- Vansant
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Janey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Janey is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Kelsa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Council
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Council is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Mavisdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mavisdale is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mavisdale
- Rowe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rowe is located in Buchanan County (VA)
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- Dickenson County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Clintwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Darwin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Darwin is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Tarpon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Clinchco
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Omaha is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Haysi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Haysi is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
- Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
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- Nora
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Nora is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Aily
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Aily is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Herald
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Herald is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herald
- Bucu
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bucu is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Carrie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Carrie is located in Dickenson County (VA)
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- Norton City (VA)
- Norton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Russell County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Dante
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Dante is located in Russell County (VA)
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- Bickley Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bickley Mill is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bickley Mill
- Carterton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Carterton is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterton
- Castlewood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Cleveland is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
- Kiser ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Kiser is located in Russell County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiser
- Scott County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Dungannon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Dungannon is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dungannon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Lano
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Lano is located in Scott County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lano
- Wise County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Haddonfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Haddonfield is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haddonfield
- Almira
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Almira is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almira
- Pound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wise
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Esserville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Esserville is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esserville
- Hamilton town
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Hamilton town is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton town
- Coeburn
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Blackwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blackwood is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
- Kent Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Kent Junction is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Junction
- Virginia City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Virginia City is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Osaka
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Osaka is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osaka
- Dwina
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Dwina is located in Wise County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwina
- Appalachia
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Elimer, see our County-by-County Page for Elimer.
Cemeteries Near Elimer ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Elimer.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Elimer - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Elimer covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Belcher Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Pebelton Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Pevelton Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Doc Sanders Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Stiltner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sowards Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Cook Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Greer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Swindall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mullins Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Potter Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (797 more) ...
- Vanover Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Bowling Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Amil Little Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Elimer in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Elimer.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Elimer, with the one closest to Elimer listed first.
- Dorton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Beefhide
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Beefhide is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beefhide
- Lookout
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lookout is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Ashcamp
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Ashcamp is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcamp
- Venters
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Venters is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venters
- Pound
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Clintwood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Robinson Creek is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Creek
- Craftsville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Craftsville is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craftsville
- Millstone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Millstone is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Beaver
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Beaver is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
- Hall
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hall is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Deane
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Deane is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deane
- Tarpon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Tarpon is located in Dickenson County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarpon
- Sergent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sergent is located in Letcher County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sergent
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Elimer. See our List of 1890's Communities around Elimer.
Newspapers Published in Elimer ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 18 newspapers that have been published in the area around Elimer.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Elimer, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Elimer.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Elimer:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Harlan County
- Knott County
- Letcher County
- Magoffin County
- Perry County
- Buchanan County
- Dickenson County
- Norton City
- Russell County
- Scott County
- Wise County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elimer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elimer) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |