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Welcome to Elkins ...So far, we found very little information about Elkins. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Elkins to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Elkins - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Elkins, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Elkins , we believe that it would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. Time Zone: The area where Elkins was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Elkins would have been located in the (575) area code. Communities Also Named Elkins ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Elkins: This one is located in Colfax County and the other is located in Chaves County. Beyond New Mexico, there are 10 communities that are also named Elkins - they are located in Arkansas (2), Louisiana, New Hampshire, Tennessee (3), Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elkins. Adding Elkins to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elkins 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 Elkins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Elkins in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkins. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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