Elgin

Summary

Elgin is a city of Illinois^[1]. Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Elgin is located in Cook County^[3].
• Elgin is located in Kane County^[4].
• Elgin is in the country of United States^[5].
• Elgin's head of government is recorded as Dave Kaptain^[6].
• Elgin's instance of is recorded as city of Illinois^[7].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60120^[8].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60121^[9].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60123^[10].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60124^[11].
• Elgin's Commons category is recorded as Elgin, Illinois^[12].
• Elgin's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone^[13].
• Elgin's local dialing code is recorded as 847 - 224^[14].
• 1835 marks the founding of Elgin^[15].
• April 24, 1854 marks the founding of Elgin^[16].
• Elgin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.03725, 'lon': -88.28119}^[17].
• Elgin's official website is recorded as https://www.cityofelgin.org/^[18].
• Elgin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elgin, Illinois^[19].
• Elgin has a population of {'amount': '+108188'}^[20].
• Elgin has a population of {'amount': '+114797'}^[21].
• Elgin's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1832^[22].
• Elgin's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Elgin, Illinois^[23].
• Elgin's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Elgin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[25].
• Elgin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[26].
• Elgin's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

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Geography

Elgin is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Cook County^[3], a county of Illinois^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1831^[30] and Kane County^[4], a county of Illinois^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1836^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+98.253918'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+97.660454'}^[35]. Elgin sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+227'}^[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+108188'}^[20] and {'amount': '+114797'}^[21].

Designation and Status

Elgin's instance of is recorded as city of Illinois^[7].

History and Context

Recorded inception include 1835^[15] and April 24, 1854^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Elgin include Chicago metropolitan area^[37], a metropolitan statistical area^[38], in United States^[39].

Why It Matters

Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Elgin is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Elgin include Chicago metropolitan area^[37], a metropolitan statistical area^[38], in United States^[39].