Elkhorn is an unincorporated community in southwest Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri [1] and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The community is on Missouri Route 10 approximately six miles east-southeast of Excelsior Springs in adjacent Clay County. The headwaters of Keeney Creek are one-half mile north of the community. [2]
Elkhorn was platted in 1837, and according to one tradition, so named on account of an elk horn discovered at the town site. [3] A variant name was "Crab Orchard". [1] A post office called Elkhorn was established in 1835, the name was changed to Crab Orchard in 1843, and the post office closed in 1904. [4]
39°18′33″N 94°06′46″W / 39.30917°N 94.11278°W
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community in southwest Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri [1] and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The community is on Missouri Route 10 approximately six miles east-southeast of Excelsior Springs in adjacent Clay County. The headwaters of Keeney Creek are one-half mile north of the community. [2]
Elkhorn was platted in 1837, and according to one tradition, so named on account of an elk horn discovered at the town site. [3] A variant name was "Crab Orchard". [1] A post office called Elkhorn was established in 1835, the name was changed to Crab Orchard in 1843, and the post office closed in 1904. [4]
39°18′33″N 94°06′46″W / 39.30917°N 94.11278°W