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Welcome to East Elma ...

East Elma is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Elma, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863.

A typical abbreviation for East Elma: E. Elma

East Elma is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Elma lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for East Elma: 716 & 624<3>

Communities near East Elma ...

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

  • Buffalo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Fort Erie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Lackawanna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Kenmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Depew
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Lancaster
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Williamsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sloan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sloan is located in Erie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
  • Orchard Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Elma ...

Looking for more information about East Elma? 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 East Elma, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for East Elma.

Adding East Elma to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Elma 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 (so far) for East Elma was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Elma post office opened in 1863. The East Elma post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Elma.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Elma - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the East Elma area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the East Elma 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/