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Elberton, Washington

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Garfield-Oakesdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99130. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elberton quadrangle. It stands 2,192 feet above sea level.

Elberton within Whitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Elberton: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Qs-P-98 PitStonePast Producer
GarfieldClayOccurrence
GarfieldClayPast Producer
Garfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitman County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Crabtree4.0 miles9
Garfield4.6 miles9
Glenwood4.8 miles12
Eden5.1 miles9
Sokulk6.4 miles9
Ladow7.2 miles13
Steptoe7.3 miles9
Walters7.4 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ElbertonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3475162The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1512183. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.