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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elys. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Elys.<1>

Our sources for Elys (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elys other than they indicate that Elys would be found somewhere in Knox County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1907 and closed  in 1952.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elys ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elys:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Elys.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/24814   (Place Name: Elys)

County: Knox     (FIPS State/County: 21/121)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Elys) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Knox County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Knox County.

AnchorJarvis Store
 Jarvis
Baden 
Baileys SwitchKing
BaileysKnoxfork
Barnyard 
BennettsvilleLay
BerthaLindsay
BeverlyLittle Bull Creek
Big Bull CreekLoulynn
BirdseyeLovell
 Lunsford
Clate 
CoalportMesser
CrissMiddlepoint
Cumberland GapMills
 Mink
DallasMintons
  
FountOdds
  
GarrichPlace
Green Road 
 Rome
Hubbs 
HujelSalt Gum
 Southland
Indian CreekSteff
Indiancreek 
 Yeager

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/