Welcome to Elk Chester ...Elk Chester is located in Fayette County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Chester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. Elk Chester is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elk Chester lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Elk Chester: 859 Communities near Elk Chester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk Chester.
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 Elk Chester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk Chester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk Chester. 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 Elk Chester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk Chester. See our Newspapers Page for Elk Chester. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Chester ...Looking for more information about Elk Chester? 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 Elk Chester, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Chester. Adding Elk Chester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elk Chester 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 for Elk Chester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Elk Chester in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk Chester. Footnotes ...
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