Welcome to Elkton ...

Elkton is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elkton, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated ?.

Time Zone: Elkton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Elkton: 903 & 430<2>

Communities Also Named Elkton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Elkton - they are located in Alberta, Colorado (2), Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Adding Elkton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elkton 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 for Elkton was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elkton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elkton. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Smith County: www.smith-county.com/

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Smith, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

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When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Elkton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Elkton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).