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Elmo, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°38′34″N 90°26′09″W / 42.64278°N 90.43583°W / 42.64278; -90.43583
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Grant
Town	Smelser
Elevation	309 m (1,014 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	608
GNIS feature ID	1577587

Elmo is an unincorporated community located in the town of Smelser, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.

History

A post office called Elmo was established in 1875, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924. The community was named after the 1866 novel St. Elmo by Augusta Jane Evans.

Notes

1. ^ "Elmo, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Grant County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
3. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 68.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Grant County, Wisconsin, United States
County seat: Lancaster
Cities	Boscobel Cuba City‡ Fennimore Lancaster Platteville
Villages	Bagley Bloomington Blue River Cassville Dickeyville Hazel Green‡ Livingston‡ Montfort‡ Mount Hope Muscoda‡ Patch Grove Potosi Tennyson Woodman
Towns	Beetown Bloomington Boscobel Cassville Castle Rock Clifton Ellenboro Fennimore Glen Haven Harrison Hazel Green Hickory Grove Jamestown Liberty Lima Little Grant Marion Millville Mount Hope Mount Ida Muscoda North Lancaster Paris Patch Grove Platteville Potosi Smelser South Lancaster Waterloo Watterstown Wingville Woodman Wyalusing
CDPs	Glen Haven Kieler Sandy Hook
Other communities	Arthur Beetown Bigpatch British Hollow Brodtville Buena Vista Burton Castle Rock Centerville Cornelia Diamond Grove Ellenboro Elmo Fair Play Five Points Flora Fountain Georgetown Hickory Grove Homer Hurricane Lancaster Junction Louisburg McCartney Millville Mount Ida North Andover Prairie Corners Preston Rockville Rutledge Saint Rose Shady Dell Sinsinawa Stitzer Union Van Buren Werley Wyalusing
Former communities	Pleasant Ridge Sinnipee
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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