Elm Ridge is an unincorporated community located in Milam County, Texas, United States.

The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway built a track through Elm Ridge in 1881 and the community may have been established here.

The 1941 county highway map showed some scattered houses in the vicinity.

[2] Elm Ridge is located on U.S. Highway 190, 4 mi (6.4 km) west of Cameron in central Milam County.

[2] Today, the community is served by the Cameron Independent School District.