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Welcome to Eldridge ...So far, we found very little information about Eldridge. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Eldridge to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Eldridge, please Contact Us. Eldridge would have been located within present day Gallatin County<2>. The location of Eldridge has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Eldridge, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. While the community is gone, the present day location for Eldridge is 6,490 feet [1,978 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Eldridge is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Eldridge was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Eldridge still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code. Communities Also Named Eldridge ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Eldridge - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota and Texas (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Eldridge. Communities near Eldridge ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Eldridge.
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 Eldridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Eldridge. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Eldridge. 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 Eldridge. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Eldridge. See our Newspapers Page for Eldridge. Adding Eldridge to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Eldridge 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 Eldridge was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Eldridge. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Gallatin County: www.co.gallatin.mt.us/ The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/ Footnotes ...
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