Welcome to Elwood ...

So far, we found very little information about Elwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Elwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elwood, please Contact Us.

Elwood would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elwood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elwood is 8,550 feet [2,606 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Elwood is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Elwood was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Elwood was located: 307

Communities Also Named Elwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Elwood - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas (3), Utah, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Elwood ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Elwood.

• Saratoga
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saratoga
  • Saratoga is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saratoga <4>
• Grand Encampment
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Encampment came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Encampment
  • Grand Encampment is located in Carbon County
• Encampment
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encampment
  • Encampment is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 423 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encampment <4>
• Riverside
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Carbon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <4>
• Columbine
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbine
  • Columbine is located in Routt County (CO)
• Pearl ‑ Historic
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl
  • Pearl is located in Jackson County (CO)
• Hahns Peak
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hahns Peak
  • Hahns Peak is located in Routt County (CO)

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

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

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

Adding Elwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Elwood post office opened in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elwood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/