Elmo, Wisconsin

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Elmo, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°38′34″N90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Grant
Town Smelser
Elevation
1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1577587 [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, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 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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