Do you know of Elam ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elam. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Elam.

Our sources for Elam (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elam other than they indicate that Elam would be found somewhere in Dallas County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1904.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Elam ...

We found three communities that share the name Elam.

Within Texas, the name Elam is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Louisiana
    • Franklin Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Elam [Franklin Parish].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Elam [Delaware County].
  • Virginia
    • Prince Edward County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Elam [Prince Edward County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elam ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elam:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Elam.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/22828   (Place Name: Elam)

County: Dallas     (FIPS State/County: 48/113)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Elam) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Dallas County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dallas County.