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Do you know of Elma ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elma. 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 Elma.<1> Our sources for Elma (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elma other than they indicate that Elma would be found somewhere in Prentiss County, Mississippi. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1905. Communities Also Named Elma ...We found eight communities that share the name Elma. Within Mississippi, the name Elma is unique. Beyond Mississippi, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, five are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elma ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elma: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elma - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
More Orphans in Prentiss 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 Prentiss County.
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