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Welcome to Elk City ...

Elk City is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Elk City is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elk City lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Elk City: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Elk City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Elk City: This one is located in Lincoln County and the other is located in Benton County.

Beyond Oregon, there are 9 communities that are also named Elk City - they are located in Idaho, Kansas (2), Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Elk City ...

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

  • Newport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Waldport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Depoe Bay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Siletz
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Eddyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Yaquina
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
    • Yaquina has also been known as:
    • Yaquina City
  • Newport Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Newport Heights is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport Heights
  • South Beach
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Logsden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk City ...

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

Adding Elk City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elk City 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 Elk City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Elk City post office opened in 1888. The Elk City post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elk City - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Elk City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Elk City 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/