Elgin

city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States
Organization city_in_the_united_states Q1885109
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Elgin

Summary

Elgin is a city in the United States[1]. Elgin ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Elgin is located in Fayette County[3].
  • Elgin is in the country of United States[4].
  • Elgin is on the body of water Turkey River[5].
  • Elgin's instance of is recorded as city in the United States[6].
  • Elgin's locator map image is recorded as IAMap-doton-Elgin.PNG[7].
  • Elgin's postal code is recorded as 52141[8].
  • Elgin's Commons category is recorded as Elgin, Iowa[9].
  • Elgin's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 129058[10].
  • Elgin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 456274[11].
  • Elgin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2394643[12].
  • Elgin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.955833333333, 'lon': -91.636388888889}[13].
  • Elgin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0szb2[14].
  • Elgin's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 19-24645[15].
  • Elgin's official website is recorded as http://www.elginiowa.org[16].
  • Elgin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+683'}[17].
  • Elgin's population is recorded as {'amount': '+685'}[18].
  • Elgin's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elgin'}[19].
  • Elgin's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+285'}[20].
  • Elgin's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4855264[21].
  • Elgin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+246'}[22].
  • Elgin's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.714026'}[23].
  • Elgin's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1.71403'}[24].
  • Elgin's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+0'}[25].
  • Elgin's Quora topic ID is recorded as Elgin-IA[26].
  • Elgin's archINFORM location ID is recorded as 26737[27].

Body

Identity

Elgin's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Elgin'}[19].

Why It Matters

Elgin ranks in the top 8% of city_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).[2] Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Elgin is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . geonames.usgs.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . archINFORM. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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