Welcome to Elk ...Elk is located Elk is located in McLennan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Elk is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elk lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Elk: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Elk - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elk. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk. See our Newspapers Page for Elk. Looking for more information about Elk? 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, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk. We originally found mention of Elk 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 was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk.
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