Elm Mott is an unincorporated community in McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is located near the intersection of Interstate 35 and Farm to Market Road 308, eight miles north of Waco.Elm Mott is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area.Elm Mott is located at approx. 31°40'18" North, 97°5'58" WestThe area was settled shortly after the Civil War. The community was known as Geneva until residents applied for a post office in 1872. As there was already a Geneva, the name Elm Mott was chosen, for a nearby elm grove.By the 1890s, the community had approximately 150 residents. Its population grew to 247 by 1900 and 300 by 1914. In spite of a drought and the Great Depression, Elm Mott maintained a population of 250 during the 1920s and 1930s.In 1951, the Elm Mott Independent School District merged with the Lakeview Independent School District to form the Connally Independent School District.