Elkins, TX (Brown County)

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: August 1, 1995

Elkins, at the intersection of two country roads eight miles southeast of Brownwood in southeastern Brown County, developed on two early Comanche Indian trails. The community had a post office from 1901 to 1906, and in the early 1940s it had a church, a business, and a population of fifteen. By 1947 Elkins reported a business and a population of twenty-five, but by 1949 no population figures were available. A cemetery remained at the site in the 1980s.

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Rachel Jenkins, “Elkins, TX (Brown County),” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed June 29, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/elkins-tx-brown-county.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: August 1, 1995

Related Book(s):

Texas Almanac 2020-2021

Texas Almanac 2022–2023


Linked Data from the Texas Almanac:
Place: Elkins
Currently Exists: No
Place Type: Town
USGS ID: 1889978
Town Fields: Has post office: No

Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to: Brown County
Coordinates: Latitude: 31.59543640°

Longitude: -98.87949280°

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