Do you know of Elwood ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elwood. 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 Elwood.

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

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Elwood ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Elwood.

Within Maryland, the name Elwood is unique.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Saint Johns County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Elwood [Saint Johns County].
  • Illinois
    • Will County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Elwood [Will County].
  • Indiana
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Elwood [Madison County].
  • Iowa
    • Clinton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Elwood [Clinton County].
  • Kansas
    • Doniphan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elwood [Doniphan County].
  • Mississippi
    • Clarke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Elwood [Clarke County].
  • Missouri
    • Greene County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elwood [Greene County].
  • Nebraska
    • Gosper County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Elwood [Gosper County].
  • New Jersey
    • Atlantic County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Elwood [Atlantic County].
  • New Mexico
    • Otero County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Elwood [Otero County].
  • New York
    • Suffolk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Elwood [Suffolk County].
  • Oregon
    • Clackamas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Elwood [Clackamas County].
  • Texas
    • Fannin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elwood [Fannin County].
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elwood [Madison County].
    • Van Zandt County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Elwood [Van Zandt County].
  • Utah
    • Box Elder County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Elwood [Box Elder County].
  • Virginia
    • Suffolk City
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Elwood [Suffolk City].
  • Washington
    • Walla Walla County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Elwood [Walla Walla County].
  • Wyoming
    • Carbon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Elwood [Carbon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elwood ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Elwood.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 24/26150   (Place Name: Elwood (Ellwood))

County: Dorchester     (FIPS State/County: 24/019)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Elwood) 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  Dorchester County ...

Can you help?

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 Dorchester County.