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 during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated ?.

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

Telephone area codes for Elkton: (903) and (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 ...

<1>	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.
<2>	Area code (430) is an overlay for area code (903).