Elgin County, Ontario
Elgin County ( ) is a county composed of seven municipalities in Ontario, Canada with a 2021 population of 51,912. Its population centres are Aylmer, Port Stanley, Belmont, Dutton and West Lorne. The county seat is St. Thomas, which is separated ...
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Elgin Settlement
Elgin may refer to:
Places Canada
* Elgin County, Ontario
* Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario
* Elgin, Manit ...
, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day
North Buxton
North Buxton is a Dispersed settlement, dispersed rural community located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1849 as a community for and by former African-American Slavery in the United States, slaves who escaped to Canada to ...
and South Buxton, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in
Rideau Lakes, Ontario
Rideau Lakes is a township (Canada), township located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Rideau Lakes lies in the northwest corner of Leeds and Grenville, and is geographically the largest municipality ...
Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
Elgin is a geographic parish in the interior of Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada, the only one of the county's parishes that does not border either the Bay of Fundy or the Petitcodiac River.
For governance purposes, Elgin is divided be ...
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Elgin, New Brunswick
Elgin, sometimes referred to as Elgin Centre, is a small Unincorporated area, unincorporated Rural area, rural village located in Albert County, New Brunswick, Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was first settled in 1811 by John Geldart, ...
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 ...
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Elgin, Illinois
Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and Kane County, Illinois, Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located northwest of Chicago along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River. As of the 2020 United Stat ...
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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 the confluence of Otter Creek with the Turkey River. According to the United States Census Bureau, t ...
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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 ...
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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 ex ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Elgin, Ohio
Elgin is a village in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The population was 49 at the 2020 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village h ...
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Elgin, Oklahoma
Elgin is a city in northeastern Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,656 at the time of the 2020 Census, a 69.6% increase over the 2,156 reported in the 2010 census, which was itself a 78% increase from the 1,210 repor ...
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Elgin, Oregon
Elgin is a city in Union County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,711 at the 2010 census. The community is named after the '' Lady Elgin'', a ship lost on Lake Michigan.
The city is known for the Elgin Opera House, originally dedica ...
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Elgin, Pennsylvania
Elgin is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 204 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Places of recreation include Elgin Community Park. Elgin is home to the oldest bo ...
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Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina
Elgin is an incorporated town in Kershaw County, South Carolina, 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 Col ...
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Elgin, Lancaster County, South Carolina
Elgin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,607 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Elgin is located in central Lancaster County at (34.675799, -80.72 ...
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Elgin, Tennessee
Elgin is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Scott County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 282 as of the 2010 census. Elgin has a post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides ...
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Elgin, Texas
Elgin ( ) is a city in Bastrop County in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 9,784 at the 2020 census.
In 1995, the Texas Legislature proclaimed Elgin the "Sausage Capital of Texas". Elgin is also known as the Brick Capital of the Sout ...
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Elgin, Utah
Green River is a city in Emery County, Utah, United States. The population was 847 at the 2020 census.
History
The city of Green River is located on ancestral Ute lands, in the home locale of the Seuvarits/Sheberetch band of Ute people. The ...
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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
Elgin Township is one of twenty-four towns ...
Elgin, Western Cape
Elgin is a large, lush area of land, circled by mountains, in the Overberg region of South Africa. This broad upland valley lies about 70 km southeast of Cape Town, just beyond the Hottentots-Holland, Hottentots Holland Mountains.
The Elgin ...
, South Africa, a large valley famous for deciduous farming
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Elgin, Moray
Elgin ( ; ; ) is a historic 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 ground above th ...
, Scotland, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray
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 ...
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Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
Elgin Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. Until 1832, when Peterhead was added, the constituency comprised ...
, a District of Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1918
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Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of ...
, a county constituency from 1708 to 1832
People
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Elgin (name) Elgin is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
*Catherine Elgin (born 1948), American philosopher
*Duane Elgin (born 1943), American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist
*Dwayne Elgin ...
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
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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), an American watch company
* Elgin Theatre (disambiguation)
* Glen Elgin, a single malt whisky from Speyside
* Elgin American Company, first sponsor of the American game show ''
You Bet Your Life
''You Bet Your Life'' is an American comedy quiz series that has aired on both radio''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 is an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1961 as The Elgins, known for their string of successful singles and albums with Motown from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield ...
Earl of Elgin
Earl of Elgin ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, 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 Ju ...
Elgin Marbles
The Elgin Marbles ( ) are a collection of Ancient Greek sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman Greece in the early 19th century and shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7 ...
, Greek bas-reliefs housed at the British Museum
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Port Elgin, New Brunswick
Port Elgin is a formerly incorporated village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. 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. It is the g ...
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Port Elgin, Ontario
Port Elgin is a community in the town of Saugeen Shores, Ontario, Canada. Its location is in the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Originally named Normanton the town was renamed Port Elgin when it was incorporated in 1874, aft ...
Elginia
''Elginia'' is an extinct genus of pareiasaurid known from the Late Permian of Scotland and China. It was named for the area around Elgin, Moray, Elgin in Scotland, which has yielded many fossils referred to as the Elgin Reptiles.
Discovery
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'', a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
* Lady Elgin (disambiguation)
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