Yelkhovsky District (Russian: Елховский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Samara Oblast, Russia.

The area of the district is 1,201 square kilometers (464 sq mi).

[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yelkhovka.

[3] The district was first established on May 14, 1928 within Middle Volga Oblast.

[citation needed] It went through a number of changes, transformations, and abolitions, and was re-established in its current form on January 13, 1992.