Elton, Nebraska

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| name = Elton, Nebraska

| settlement_type = Ghost Town

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = County

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| subdivision_name2 = Custer

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Elton is a ghost town in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.{{GNIS|1847853}}

History

A post office was established at Elton in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1916.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Custer&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Custer County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=25 August 2014}} It was named after Elton, New York.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dlas_EPVGFEC | title=Nebraska Place-Names | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | author=Fitzpatrick, Lillian L. | year=1960 |isbn=0-8032-5060-6 | pages=46}} A [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=englishunsllc 1925 edition] is available for download at [http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ University of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons.]

References

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Category:Geography of Custer County, Nebraska