Do you know of Elm Lake ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elm Lake. 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 Elm Lake.<1> Our sources for Elm Lake (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 Elm Lake other than they indicate that Elm Lake would be found somewhere in Wood County, Wisconsin. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1873 and closed in 1886. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elm Lake ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elm Lake: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elm Lake - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
More Orphans in Wood 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 Wood County.
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