Elwood
Elwood is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, located west across the Missouri River from Saint Joseph, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,125.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,150 residents
- Description: city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States
- Also known as: “Elwood, Kansas”, “Elwood, KS”, and “Roseport”
- Postal code: 66024
Places of Interest
Highlights include Patee House and Buchanan County Courthouse.
Patee House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Patee House, also known as Patee House Museum, was completed in 1858 as a 140-room luxury hotel at 12th Street and Penn in St. Joseph, Missouri. It was one of the best-known hotels west of the Mississippi River.
Buchanan County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Buchanan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was built in 1873, and is a cruciform plan, Renaissance Revival-style brick building.
St. Joseph City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Rcool1234, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Joseph City Hall is a historic city hall located at St. Joseph, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Eckel & Aldrich and built in 1926–1927. St. Joseph City Hall is situated 1½ miles northeast of Elwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Joseph and Wathena.
St. Joseph
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
St. Joseph, is a city in Missouri. It is famous as the place where Jesse James was gunned down, and as the home of Cherry Mash confectionery. It was also the headquarters for the Pony Express, as well as a major "jumping off" point for the Oregon Trail.
Wathena
Village
Wathena is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States, located about 5 miles west of St. Joseph, Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,246. Wathena is situated 4 miles west of Elwood.
Palermo
Hamlet
Palermo is an unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. Palermo is situated 6 miles west of Elwood.
Elwood
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Washington Township, Doniphan, Kansas, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.75555° or 39° 45′ 20″ northLongitude
-94.87247° or 94° 52′ 21″ westPopulation
1,150Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)United Nations Location Code
US EWWOpen location code
86F7Q44H+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 151666148OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Elwood” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إلوود”
- Basque: “Elwood”
- Catalan: “Elwood”
- Cebuano: “Elwood”
- Chechen: “Элвуд”
- Chinese: “Elwood”
- Chinese: “埃爾伍德”
- Danish: “Elwood”
- Dutch: “Elwood”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الوود”
- French: “Elwood”
- German: “Elwood”
- Gilaki: “الوۊد (کانزاس)”
- Gilaki: “الوۊد”
- Haitian: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Haitian: “Elwood”
- Ido: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Ido: “Elwood”
- Irish: “Elwood”
- Italian: “Elwood”
- Japanese: “エルウッド”
- Ladin: “Elwood”
- Malagasy: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Malagasy: “Elwood”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Elwood”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Elwood”
- Norwegian: “Elwood”
- Persian: “الوود، کانزاس”
- Persian: “الوود”
- Polish: “Elwood”
- Portuguese: “Elwood”
- Serbian: “Елвуд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Elwood”
- South Azerbaijani: “الوود، کانزاس”
- Spanish: “Elwood”
- Swedish: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Swedish: “Elwood”
- Tatar: “Элвуд (Канзас)”
- Tatar: “Элвуд”
- Turkish: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Turkish: “Elwood”
- Ukrainian: “Елвуд”
- Uzbek: “Elwood”
- Vietnamese: “Elwood, Kansas”
- Vietnamese: “Elwood”
- Volapük: “Elwood”
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