Welcome to Elk Garden ...Elk Garden is located in Russell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elk Garden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. A typical abbreviation for Elk Garden: Elk Gdn. (or less commonly used: Elk Gardn., Elk Grden. or Elk Grdn.) Elk Garden is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Elk Garden is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Elk Garden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Elk Garden: 276 Communities Also Named Elk Garden ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elk Garden - it's located in West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elk Garden. Communities near Elk Garden ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elk Garden.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elk Garden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elk Garden. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elk Garden. 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 Elk Garden. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elk Garden. See our Newspapers Page for Elk Garden. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elk Garden ...Looking for more information about Elk Garden? 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 Elk Garden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Elk Garden. Adding Elk Garden to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elk Garden 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 Elk Garden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Elk Garden in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Elk Garden. Footnotes ...
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