15 famous people were born within 35 miles of Elba Township
The nearest, Fred Ekstrand, was born in Yates City, 4 mi away. Justin Hartley is the most widely known, written about in 35 languages. No famous person’s birth in Elba Township is on record yet. Across the town line, Salem Township lists one, Owen B. West.
What stands out about Elba Township’s famous people
Famous people born near Elba Township
The 15 best known born within 35 miles, nearest first.






Burton Morse
1867–1941Architect from Twin Falls, Idaho, United States




Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
1875–1971American geologist and explorer

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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Salem Township counts one famous person.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Elba Township and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (12)
- Justin Hartley: Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lorado Taft: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Justina Ford: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lewis Lord Russell: BlueSkyMidwestern, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest de Koven Leffingwell: credited to Ernest deKoven Leffingwell; cropped by uploader, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Matt Wilson: Jimmy Baikovicius from Montevideo, Uruguay, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles B. Bellinger: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- L. R. Kershaw: Pal408, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William E. Phelps: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cornelius Lyman: Rogers, A.D. .mw-parser-output .messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid var(--border-color-progressive,#6485d1);background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#fbfcff);color:var(--color-base,#202122);box-…, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- William A. Hill: Editors George E. Lewis and D. F. Stackelbeck, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Owen B. West: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
