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Welcome to Elmont ...Elmont is located Elmont is located in Grayson County<1>. The location of Elmont has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Elmont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. Elmont is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Elmont lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Elmont - they are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New York (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elmont. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elmont. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elmont. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elmont. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elmont. 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 Elmont. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elmont. See our Newspapers Page for Elmont. Looking for more information about Elmont? 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 Elmont, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elmont. We originally found mention of Elmont 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 for Elmont was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Elmont in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Elmont post office opened in 1884.
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