Do you know of Saint Elmo ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Saint Elmo. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Saint Elmo.<1>

Our sources for Saint Elmo (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Saint Elmo other than they indicate that Saint Elmo would be found somewhere in Travis County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1875 and closed in 1902.

Communities Also Named Saint Elmo ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Saint Elmo.

There is one other community in Texas which is also named Saint Elmo.

Beyond Texas, we know of another fifteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these fifteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Located In Texas ...
- Freestone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Saint Elmo [Freestone County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Mobile County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Saint Elmo [Mobile County].
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Saint Elmo [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
  - Chaffee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Saint Elmo [Chaffee County].
- Illinois
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Saint Elmo [Fayette County].
- Kentucky
  - Christian County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Saint Elmo [Christian County].
- Louisiana
  - Ascension Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Saint Elmo [Ascension Parish].
  - Saint James Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Saint Elmo [Saint James Parish].
- Michigan
  - Midland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Saint Elmo [Midland County].
- Mississippi
  - Claiborne County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Saint Elmo [Claiborne County].
- Nevada
  - Nye County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Saint Elmo [Nye County].
- New York
  - Ulster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Saint Elmo [Ulster County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Saint Elmo.
- Tennessee
  - Hamilton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Saint Elmo [Hamilton County].
  - Shelby County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Saint Elmo [Shelby County].
- Virginia
  - Alexandria City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Saint Elmo [Alexandria City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Saint Elmo ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Saint Elmo:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Saint Elmo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Travis County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Travis County.

Footnotes ...

<1>	This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Saint Elmo could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/