Welcome to Elk Dale ...

So far, we found very little information about Elk Dale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elk Dale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Elk Dale - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Elk Dale, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Elk Dale , we believe that it would have been located within present day Atchison County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Dale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Time Zone: The area where Elk Dale was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Elk Dale was located: 660

Adding Elk Dale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk Dale in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Elk Dale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Elk Dale post office opened in 1875.

We also found Elk Dale in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk Dale.

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Elk Dale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Atchison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/