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Welcome to Elk Springs ...

Elk Springs is located in McDonald County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Springs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Elk Springs: Elk Spgs. (or less commonly used: Elk Spngs. or Elk Sprngs.)

Elk Springs is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elk Springs lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Elk Springs: 417

Communities Also Named Elk Springs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elk Springs - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near Elk Springs ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk Springs.

  • Bella Vista
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Centerton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Grove is located in Delaware County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,184 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grove <3>
  • Gravette
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Seneca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Anderson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Noel
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Noel is located in McDonald County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Noel <3>
  • Decatur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Decatur is located in Benton County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decatur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decatur <3>
  • Goodman
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • South West City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Elk Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk Springs.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk Springs. 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 Elk Springs.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk Springs. See our Newspapers Page for Elk Springs.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Springs ...

Looking for more information about Elk Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Elk Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Springs.

Adding Elk Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Elk Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Elk Springs post office opened in 1907. The Elk Springs post office closed in 1935.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including McDonald, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elk Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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