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Elk County, Kansas

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1875formed

2,483pop. 2020

18cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Howard, Elk Falls, Moline.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kansas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Elk titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Durbin Archeological Site	Moline	Site	1975
Elk County Courthouse	Howard	Building	2009
Elk Falls High School Gymnasium	Elk Falls	Building	2024
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge	Elk Falls	Structure	1994
Elk River Archeological District	Elk City	District	1978
Grenola Mill and Elevator	Grenola	Building	2002
Howard National Bank	Howard	Building	2020

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Elk was formed in 1875 (1875-06-01) from part of HOWARD.

ELK created from part of HOWARD; HOWARD eliminated. Act passed 3 March 1875; took effect 1 June 1875.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Elk County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,623	11,443	9,034	8,180	6,679	5,048	3,918	3,261	2,483

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

18 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 18 of 18 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ames Cemetery	37.31439	-96.27324
Bunker Hill Cemetery	37.5409	-96.33485
Busby Cemetery	37.45954	-96.04229
Clear Creek Cemetery	37.48738	-96.41734
Cresco Cemetery	37.56212	-96.25164
Elk Falls Cemetery	37.37763	-96.2005
Forest Cemetery	37.54151	-96.37988
Grace Lawn Cemetery	37.45884	-96.27239
Green Lawn Cemetery	37.3467	-96.43667
Longton Cemetery	37.39207	-96.06975
Moline Cemetery	37.37525	-96.30918
Mount Olivet Cemetery	37.35252	-96.28987
Mount Zion Cemetery	37.58477	-96.09796
Oak Valley Cemetery	37.34302	-96.00047
Old Tailor Cemetery	37.58855	-95.99885
Rural Vale Cemetery	37.56972	-96.17934
Upola Cemetery	37.433	-95.99726
Wade Cemetery	37.54408	-96.08837

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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