Welcome to Prairie Elk ...So far, we found very little information about Prairie Elk. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Prairie Elk to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Prairie Elk, please Contact Us. Prairie Elk would have been located within present day McCone County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prairie Elk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914. While the community is gone, the present day location for Prairie Elk is 2,230 feet [680 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Prairie Elk is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Prairie Elk was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Prairie Elk was located: 406 Communities near Prairie Elk ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Prairie Elk.
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 Prairie Elk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prairie Elk. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prairie Elk. See our Newspapers Page for Prairie Elk. Adding Prairie Elk to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prairie Elk 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 (so far) for Prairie Elk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prairie Elk. Footnotes ...
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