The original county seat was in Elk Park, but was moved to Newland upon completion of the courthouse in 1912.

Newland and Elk Park are "damp" and allow beer and wine sales.

The community is located one mile south from the town of Elk Park, along US 19-E.

At Elk Park, visitors can watch the deer and elk in their natural habitat,and they could feed them.

From MP 488 to Elk Park the fireman finally gets a break on the wider, sweeping curves and flatter grade.

Also past Elk Park, the railroad is among some of the highest concentration of avalanche chutes in the state.

However, Elk Park did serve as a temporary county seat while the new incorporated town of Newland was being constructed.

The river was the Gibbon, where it bends far away from the highway in a section of Yellowstone called Elk Park.

Villages located within the township include Flat Rock, Fiketown, and Elk Park.