Welcome to Elgin ...So far, we found very little information about Elgin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Elgin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Elgin, please Contact Us. Elgin would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Elgin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Elgin is 3,400 feet [1,036 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Elgin is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Elgin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Elgin was located: 775 Communities Also Named Elgin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Elgin - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah (2), Virginia and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Elgin. Communities near Elgin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Elgin.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Elgin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Elgin. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Elgin. See our Newspapers Page for Elgin. Adding Elgin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Elgin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Elgin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Elgin. Footnotes ...
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