Elko (Vinton County, OH) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Elko, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Elko and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Vinton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Vinton County

Communities Also Named Elko ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Elko.

Within Ohio, the name Elko is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Elko [Madison County].
- British Columbia
  - Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Elko.
- Colorado
  - Saguache County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Elko [Saguache County].
- Georgia
  - Houston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Elko [Houston County].
- Kentucky
  - Edmonson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elko [Edmonson County].
- Minnesota
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Elko [Scott County].
- Missouri
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Elko [Putnam County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Elko [Elko County].
- New York
  - Cattaraugus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Elko [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
  - Stokes County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Elko [Stokes County].
- South Carolina
  - Barnwell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Elko [Barnwell County].
- Virginia
  - Henrico County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Elko [Henrico County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Elko could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.