Welcome to Elwood ...Elwood is located Elwood is located in Madison County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852. Elwood is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Elwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time While we believe that this Elwood is located in Madison County, we know of another 2 Texas communities named Elwood. Those communities are located in the following counties: Fannin and Van Zandt County. Beyond Texas, there are 19 communities that are also named Elwood - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elwood. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elwood. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elwood. 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 Elwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elwood. See our Newspapers Page for Elwood. Looking for more information about Elwood? 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 Elwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elwood. We originally found mention of Elwood 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 Elwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elwood.
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