Elkins, New Mexico

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While our information shows that the community of Elkins is historic,^<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Elkins, we'll be sure to add our findings.

Elkins would have been located within present day Chaves County

While the community is gone, the present day location for Elkins is 1,220 feet [371.86 m] above sea level.^<2>

Time Zone: The area where Elkins was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Elkins can be found in:

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Dexter	SW	38 mi [61.2 km]	1,231	0.32% decrease
	Dora	E	44 mi [70.8 km]	125	3.85% decrease
	Elida	NE	28 mi [45.06 km]	182	0.55% decrease
	Floyd	NE	45 mi [72.4 km]	74	5.13% decrease
	Hagerman	S	43 mi [69.2 km]	1,160	0.68% decrease
	Roswell	SW	35 mi [56.3 km]	46,198	2% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Elkins.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<5>

Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Elkins no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Roswell. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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