Welcome to Elbethel ...

So far, we found very little information about Elbethel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elbethel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elbethel, please Contact Us.

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Elbethel would have been located within present day Cleveland County<2>.

The location of Elbethel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elbethel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elbethel is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Elbethel was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Elbethel once stood is in the (704) & (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Elbethel ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.clevelandchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Elbethel, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Elbethel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elbethel - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Elbethel ...

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

• Gastonia
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gastonia
  • Gastonia is located in Gaston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,640 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gastonia <6>
• Shelby
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Cleveland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,145 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <6>
• Gaffney
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaffney
  • Gaffney is located in Cherokee County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,695 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gaffney <6>
• Lincolnton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincolnton
  • Lincolnton is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,522 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lincolnton <6>
• Kings Mountain
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Mountain
  • Kings Mountain is located in Cleveland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kings Mountain <6>
• York
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
  • York is located in York County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,637 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for York <6>
• Clover
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
  • Clover is located in York County (SC)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <6>
• Cherryville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
  • Cherryville is located in Gaston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cherryville <6>
• Bessemer City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessemer City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessemer City
  • Bessemer City is located in Gaston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessemer City <6>
• Dallas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dallas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
  • Dallas is located in Gaston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,851 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dallas <6>

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

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

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

Adding Elbethel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elbethel 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 Elbethel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Elbethel post office opened in 1880.

We also found Elbethel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elbethel.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cleveland County: www.clevelandcounty.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/