Elsanor 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 Baldwin County,

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, United States. Elsanor is located on

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, east of Robertsdale.

History

The community is named for Elsa Norton, whose husband donated the land and money for the community's school.

References

Unincorporated communities in Baldwin County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{BaldwinCountyAL-geo-stub