Welcome to Elijah ...So far, we found very little information about Elijah. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Elijah to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elijah, please Contact Us. Elijah would have been located within present day White County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elijah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Elijah is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Elijah was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Elijah (for example, toward Rockwood), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Code where Elijah was located: 931 Communities Also Named Elijah ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Elijah - they are located in Missouri, Pennsylvania and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elijah. Communities near Elijah ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elijah.
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 Elijah. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elijah. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elijah. 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 Elijah. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elijah. See our Newspapers Page for Elijah. Adding Elijah to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elijah in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Elijah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elijah. Footnotes ...
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