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Welcome to Red Elm ...

So far, we found very little information about Red Elm. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Red Elm to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Red Elm, please Contact Us.


Red Elm would have been located within present day Ziebach County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Elm, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Red Elm is 2,460 feet [750 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Red Elm is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Red Elm was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Red Elm (for example, toward Faith), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Code where Red Elm was located: 605

Communities near Red Elm ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Red Elm.

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

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

Adding Red Elm to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Red Elm post office opened in 1911. The Red Elm post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Elm.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Red Elm, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Ziebach, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Elm - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/