Welcome to Elkinsville (aka 'Freetown') ...So far, we found very little information about Elkinsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Elkinsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elkinsville, please Contact Us. Elkinsville would have been located within present day Saint Charles Parish<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkinsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. The origin (or the toponymy) of Elkinsville: Named for Palmer Elkins. Time Zone: The area where Elkinsville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Elkinsville was located: 985 The community of Elkinsville has also been called Freetown. Communities Also Named Elkinsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elkinsville - it's located in Indiana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elkinsville. Communities near Elkinsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elkinsville.
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 Elkinsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elkinsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elkinsville. 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 Elkinsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elkinsville. See our Newspapers Page for Elkinsville. Adding Elkinsville to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Elkinsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkinsville. Footnotes ...
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