Welcome to Saint Elmo ...
Saint Elmo is located in Claiborne County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Elmo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.
A typical abbreviation for Saint Elmo: St. Elmo
Saint Elmo is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Saint Elmo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Saint Elmo: 601 & 769<3>
Communities Also Named Saint Elmo ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Saint Elmo - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ontario (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2) and Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Elmo.
Communities near Saint Elmo ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Elmo.
- Port Gibson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Utica
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willows
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Myles
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Myles. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myles
- Myles is located in Copiah County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Myles
- From Saint Elmo to Myles
- Rocky Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Carpenter
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Ingleside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ingleside. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingleside
- Ingleside is located in Claiborne County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ingleside
- From Saint Elmo to Ingleside
- Cayuga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Gulf
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Bear Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
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 Saint Elmo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Elmo.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Elmo. 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 Saint Elmo.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Elmo. See our Newspapers Page for Saint Elmo.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Elmo ...
Looking for more information about Saint Elmo? 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 Saint Elmo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Elmo.
Adding Saint Elmo to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Saint Elmo 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 for Saint Elmo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Saint Elmo post office opened in 1875. The Saint Elmo post office closed in 1915.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Elmo.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Elmo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Saint Elmo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Saint Elmo area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |