Elkland, Missouri
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 is notable as the last living widow of a Civil War Veteran.