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Welcome to Elcho ...

Elcho is located in Langlade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elcho, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Elcho is 1,630 feet [497 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Elcho lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Elcho: 715 & 534<3>

The ZIP code for Elcho: 54428<4>

Communities Also Named Elcho ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Elcho - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elcho.

Communities near Elcho ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elcho.

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 Elcho. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elcho.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Elcho. 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 Elcho.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elcho. See our Newspapers Page for Elcho.

Adding Elcho to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Elcho 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 Elcho was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Elcho post office opened in 1887.

We also found Elcho in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elcho.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Elcho. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Langlade County: www.co.langlade.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Langlade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Elcho - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Elcho area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Elcho area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Elcho). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Elcho or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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