Elkland is an unincorporated community in northwestern Webster County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located on Route 38, approximately ten miles northwest of Marshfield. Elkland is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A post office called Elkland has been in operation since 1870.[2] The community so named on account of the presence of elk near the original town site.[3]
In 1987, Elkland resident James Schnick murdered seven of his relatives, and attempted to frame his nephew, Kirk Buckner, who was among his victims.[4]
In 2018, Elkland resident Helen Viola Jackson was inducted into the Missouri Walk of Fame Jackson was notable as the last living widow of a Civil War Veteran.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elkland, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Webster County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ^ "Auguries of Innocence," Time, October 19, 1987
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