Welcome to Elkin ...Elkin is located in Clark County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Elkin is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elkin lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Elkin, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Elkin: 859 Communities Also Named Elkin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Elkin - they are located in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elkin. Communities near Elkin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elkin.
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 Elkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elkin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elkin. 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 Elkin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkin. See our Newspapers Page for Elkin. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkin ...Looking for more information about Elkin? 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 Elkin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elkin. Adding Elkin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elkin 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 Elkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkin. Footnotes ...
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