Elmo, Wisconsin

Elmo, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
Elmo
Elmo
Coordinates: 42°38′34″N 90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583Coordinates: 42°38′34″N 90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583
Country United States
State Wisconsin
County Grant
Town Smelser
Elevation 1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 608
GNIS feature ID 1577587[1]

Elmo is an unincorporated community located in the town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]

History

A post office called Elmo was established in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924.[2] The community was named after the 1866 novel St. Elmo[3] by Augusta Jane Evans.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Elmo, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 68.


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