History

The City of Elkhart, is located in the most Southwestern comer of Kansas in Morton County. The south side of Elkhart City Limits borders Oklahoma and it is just 8 miles east of Colorado.

Elkhart, one of the newer cities in Kansas. Is serviced by US Highway 56 from the east and Kansas Highway 27 from the north. Dodge City lies 110 miles east on US Highway 56 and at the Oklahoma line, Kansas Highway 27 turns into Highway 95 with Guymon, Oklahoma approximately 40 miles away. Elkhart is the County seat of Morton County, which is bordered by Stanton County to the north, Stevens County to the east, Texas County, Oklahoma to the south, and Baca County, Colorado to the west. The deed from the Santa Fe Land Improvement Company for the town site was filed April 28, 1913 and the next day the first lots were sold. Tents were put up and Elkhart was established. At first, there was talk of naming it Kanokla but it was given the name Elkhart by the engineer who surveyed the railroad and the town itself. E. H. Fisher was a graduate of Purdue University and a native of near Elkhart, Indiana.