Elkland is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northwestern Webster County,

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, United States. It is located on Route 38, approximately ten miles northwest of Marshfield. Elkland is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. A post office called Elkland has been in operation since 1870. The community so named on account of the presence of elk near the original town site. In 1987, Elkland resident James Schnick murdered seven of his relatives, and attempted to frame his nephew, Kirk Buckner, who was among his victims."Auguries of Innocence," ''Time'', October 19, 1987
/ref> In 2018, Elkland resident Helen Viola Jackson was inducted into the Missouri Walk of Fame Jackson was notable as the last living widow of a Civil War Veteran.

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