Welcome to Saint Elmo ...Saint Elmo is located Saint Elmo is located in Freestone County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Elmo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. A typical abbreviation for Saint Elmo: St. Elmo Saint Elmo is 360 feet [110 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Saint Elmo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Saint Elmo: This one is located in Freestone County and the other is located in Travis County. Beyond Texas, there are 17 communities that are also named Saint Elmo - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ontario (2), Tennessee (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Elmo. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Elmo. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Saint Elmo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Elmo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Elmo. 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 Saint Elmo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Elmo. See our Newspapers Page for Saint Elmo. Looking for more information about Saint Elmo? 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 Saint Elmo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Elmo. We originally found mention of Saint Elmo 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 (so far) for Saint Elmo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Elmo.
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