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Welcome to Elkins Park ...

Elkins Park is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkins Park, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

Elkins Park is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Elkins Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elkins Park - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Elkins Park ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elkins Park ...

Looking for more information about Elkins Park? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Elkins Park, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Elkins Park.

Adding Elkins Park to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Elkins Park post office opened in 1903.

We also found Elkins Park on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Pennsylvania (1908).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkins Park.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elkins Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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