Elgin may refer to:

Places

Canada

Elgin County, Ontario Elgin County is a county of the Canadian province of Ontario with a 2016 population of 50,069. Its population centres are St. Thomas, Aylmer, Port Stanley, Belmont, Dutton and West Lorne. The county seat is St. Thomas, which is separated from t ...

* Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Chatham-Kent, Ontario * Elgin, a village in

Rideau Lakes, Ontario Rideau Lakes is a township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Bastard, South Burgess a ...

* Port Elgin, Ontario, Bruce County * Elgin, Manitoba * Elgin Parish, New Brunswick ** Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish *

Elgin, Nova Scotia Elgin is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Pictou County. It is named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 181120 November 1863) was a British co ...

Elgin, Quebec Elgin is a rural municipality in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 394. It is located southwest of Huntingdon and bounded by the Trout and Chateauguay rivers and the Canada–United States border. History The Munic ...

* Elgin Street (Ottawa), a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *

Port Elgin, New Brunswick Port Elgin is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. It is located near the Nova Scotia border at the mouth of the Gaspereaux River where it empties into the Northumberland Strait's Baie Verte. History The village was founded ...

Hong Kong

* Elgin Street, Hong Kong, a street in Central, Hong Kong * Elgin Street, former name of Haiphong Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

New Zealand

* Elgin, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne

South Africa

* Elgin, Western Cape, a large valley famous for deciduous farming, which lies to the south-east of Cape Town

United Kingdom

Elgin, Moray Elgin (; sco, Ailgin; gd, Eilginn, ) is a town (former cathedral city) and formerly a Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ...

, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, Scotland, from which other names derive **

Elgin railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Elgin railway station.jpg , caption = Elgin railway station, looking towards Inverness , borough = Elgin, Moray , country ...

* Elgin Crescent, a street in Notting Hill, London * Elgin Street, Bacup, in Lancashire, one of the world's shortest streets

United States

* Elgin, Alabama *

Elgin, Arizona Elgin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States. The population was 161 at the 2010 census. Geography Elgin is located along the Babocomari River at (31.629095, -110.571951). The Babocomari is known to ha ...

Elgin, Illinois Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Elgin is located northwest of Chicago, along the Fox River. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 114,797, the seventh-larg ...

Elgin station (Illinois) Elgin is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Elgin is in zone H. As of 2018, Elgin ...

, a train station *

Elgin, Iowa Elgin is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 685 at the time of the 2020 census. Geography Elgin is located at (42.955965, -91.636394) at the confluence of Otter Creek with the Turkey River. According to the Unit ...

Elgin, Kansas Elgin is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 60. The south edge of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state line. History Elgin was founded in 1869. It was once a stop on th ...

Elgin, Minnesota Elgin is a city in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States on Minnesota State Highway 42. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census. Its annual festival is ''Elgin Cheese Days''. History Elgin was laid out in 1878 when the railroad was exte ...

Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi) Elgin is a historic house in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. Location It is located South of Natchez, Mississippi, off U.S. Route 61. History It was built in 1791 and was later the "town house" of Dr John Carmichael Jenkins (1809-1855), ...

, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi *

Elgin, Missouri Elgin is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by are ...

Elgin, Nebraska Elgin is a city in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 661 at the 2010 census. History Elgin was platted in 1887 when the railroad was extended to that point. Its name was chosen at random from a postal directory, aft ...

Elgin, Nevada Elgin is a ghost town located between Caliente and Carp, Nevada on the eastern banks of the Meadow Valley Wash off of Nevada State Route 317. The first settlement at Elgin was made in 1882. A post office was established at Elgin in 1913, and r ...

* Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina *

Elgin, North Dakota Elgin is a city in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 543 at the 2020 census. History Elgin was platted in 1910 when the railroad was extended to that point. The town was originally known as Shanley, but when the Nort ...

* Elgin, Ohio *

Elgin, Oklahoma Elgin is a city in northeastern Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2010 census, a 78 percent increase from 1,210 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is ...

* Elgin, Oregon * Elgin, Pennsylvania *

Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina Elgin is an incorporated town in Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States. Some portions of the town are in adjacent Richland County, South Carolina. It is located approximately northeast of the center of Columbia, the state's capital, and ...

* Elgin, Lancaster County, South Carolina * Elgin, South Carolina (disambiguation) * Elgin, Tennessee * Elgin, Texas * Elgin, Utah *

Elgin Township (disambiguation) Elgin Township may refer to the following townships in the United States: * Elgin Township, Kane County, Illinois * Elgin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota * Elgin Township, Antelope County, Nebraska {{geodis Township name disambiguation pag ...

Constituencies and electoral districts

Canada

Elgin (electoral district) Elgin (also known as Elgin—Norfolk) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Elgin West and Norfo ...

(1935–1997), a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario * Elgin (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex

United Kingdom

Elgin (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Elgin was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates. After the Acts of Union 1707, Elgin, Banff, Cullen, Inverurie and Kintore formed the Elgin district of burghs, retu ...

* Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), a District of Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1918 * Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency), a county constituency from 1708 to 1832

People

* Elgin (name) *

Earl of Elgin Earl of Elgin is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, in the Peerage of England on 30 July 1641. The Earl of Elgin is the ...

or Lord Elgin, the title of several individuals **

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 176614 November 1841) was a British nobleman, soldier, politician and diplomat, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin M ...

(1766–1841), British diplomat ** James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Canadian governor

Art, entertainment, and media

Art

* The

Elgin Marbles The Elgin Marbles (), also known as the Parthenon Marbles ( el, Γλυπτά του Παρθενώνα, lit. "sculptures of the Parthenon"), are a collection of Classical Greece, Classical Greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of th ...

, Greek bas-reliefs housed at the British Museum

Literature

*The Elginists, an organization featured in Elly Griffiths' Ruth Galloway novel ''A Room Full of Bones'' (2012) that describes itself as "dedicated to the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin", including the Elgin Marbles

Music

* ''Elgin'' (album), a 2011 album by American R&B singer and songwriter Ginuwine * The Elgins, a Motown group active from 1962 to 1967 * "The Elgins", an early name used by

The Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...

in their pre-David Ruffin era

Brands and enterprises

* Elgin (automobile), manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation (1916–1923) and Elgin Motors, Inc. (1923–1924) * Elgin, Ladbroke Grove, a public house in Ladbroke Grove, London * The Elgin, Darjeeling, the summer residence of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, converted to a hotel *

Elgin National Watch Company The Elgin National Watch Company, commonly known as Elgin Watch Company, was a major US watch maker from 1864 to 1968. The company sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin. For nearly 100 years, the company's manufacturing ...

(1864–1968), a US watch company that sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin * Elgin tablets, a name for a tablet * Glen Elgin, a single malt whisky from Speyside

Other uses

Elgin Formation The Elgin Formation is a geological formation in Minnesota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Minnesota * Paleontology in Minnesota Paleontology in Minnesota refe ...

, a geologic formation in Minnesota, United States *

Elgin Park Secondary School Elgin Park Secondary is a public high school in School District 36 Surrey. It is referred to as the 'Home of the Orcas'. Elgin Park is one of four public high schools on the peninsula, along with Earl Marriott Secondary School, Semiahmoo Secondar ...

, a high school in Surrey, British Columbia * The Elgin–Franklin fields in the North Sea