Welcome to Elk Mills ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Mills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Elk Mills: Elk Mls. (or less commonly used: Elk Mlls.)

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

The location where Elk Mills once stood is in the (417) area code.

Communities Also Named Elk Mills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Elk Mills - they are located in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elk Mills.

Adding Elk Mills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk Mills 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 Mills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Elk Mills post office opened in 1848.

We also found Elk Mills on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1861.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/