Elgin may refer to:
Places
Canada
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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 ...
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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, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario
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, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day
North Buxton
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
and South Buxton, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in
Rideau Lakes, Ontario
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Port Elgin, Ontario, Bruce County
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Elgin, Manitoba
Elgin is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Municipality of Grassland in the Canadian province of Manitoba, Canada. It currently has a population of just over 100.
Major attractions
The Elgin and District Hi ...
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Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
Elgin is a civil 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. It comprises two local service districts, both of wh ...
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Elgin, New Brunswick
Elgin is a Canadian rural community in Albert County, New Brunswick.
It is situated in the western part of the county, approximately 14 kilometres south of Petitcodiac around the intersection of Route 905, and Route 895
Elgin's economy i ...
, a community in Elgin Parish
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Elgin, Nova Scotia
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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 Munici ...
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Elgin Street (Ottawa)
Elgin Street (Ottawa Road #91) is a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally named Biddy's Lane, it was later named after Lord Elgin.
The north/south running street begins at Wellington Street in Confederation Square, ...
, a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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 founde ...
Hong Kong
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Elgin Street, Hong Kong
Elgin Street is located in Central, Hong Kong. It was named after James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. It was also one of the earliest streets in Hong Kong.
Location
The street begins at a low elevation at Hollywood Road and ends high at Caine Road ...
, a street in Central, Hong Kong
* Elgin Street, former name of
Haiphong Road
Haiphong Road is a road south of Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. The road links Canton Road and Nathan Road.
History
It was initially named as Elgin Street but its name changed in 1909 to Haiphong, a city in Vietnam to avoid confusion ...
in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
New Zealand
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Elgin, New Zealand
Elgin is a suburb of Gisborne, in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east and north of Awapuni, south of Te Hapara and west of Gisborne Central.
Demographics
Elgin covers and had an estimated population of ...
, a suburb of Gisborne
South Africa
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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 ...
, a large valley famous for deciduous farming, which lies to the south-east of Cape Town
United Kingdom
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Elgin, Moray, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, Scotland, from which other names derive
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Elgin railway station
Elgin railway station is a railway station serving the town of Elgin, Moray in Scotland. The station is managed and served by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, between Keith and Forres, measured from Forres.
History
The f ...
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Elgin Crescent
Elgin Crescent is a street in Notting Hill, London, England.
It runs west from Portobello Road, crosses Ladbroke Grove and at its south-western end joins Clarendon Road. The section between Portobello Road and Kensington Park Road is formed o ...
, a street in Notting Hill, London
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Elgin Street, Bacup
Elgin Street, located in Bacup, Lancashire, is one of the shortest streets in the world at . It held the British record until November 2006, when it was discovered that Ebenezer Place, Wick in Caithness, Scotland, which was constructed in 1883 ...
, in Lancashire, one of the world's shortest streets
United States
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Elgin, Alabama
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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 h ...
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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-large ...
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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, Elgi ...
, a train station
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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 (42.955965, -91.636394) at the confluence of Otter Creek with the Turkey River. According to the Unit ...
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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 t ...
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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 exten ...
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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
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Elgin, Missouri Elgin is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tenn ...
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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 r ...
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Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
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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 57 at the 2010 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Elgin is located at (40.740456, -84.476022).
According to ...
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Elgin, Oklahoma
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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 dedicat ...
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Elgin, Pennsylvania
Elgin is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 204 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area. Places of recre ...
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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 i ...
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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, South Carolina (disambiguation)
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, Chatham-Kent, Ontario
* Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario ...
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Elgin, Tennessee
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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. Elgin is also known as the Sausage Capital of Texas and the Brick Capital of the Southwest, due to the presence of three operating bric ...
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Elgin, Utah
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Elgin Township (disambiguation)
Constituencies and electoral districts
Canada
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Elgin (electoral district) (1935–1997), a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario
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Elgin (provincial electoral district)
Elgin was a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , ...
, a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex
United Kingdom
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Elgin (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
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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 (MP) using the first-past-th ...
, a county constituency from 1708 to 1832
People
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Elgin (name)
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Earl of Elgin or Lord Elgin, the title of several individuals
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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 Ma ...
(1766–1841), British diplomat
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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 colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1 ...
(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
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''Elgin'' (album), a 2011 album by American R&B singer and songwriter Ginuwine
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The Elgins
The Elgins were an American vocal group on the Motown label, active from the late 1950s to 1967. Their most successful record was " Heaven Must Have Sent You", written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland team, which was a hit in the U ...
, 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
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Elgin (automobile)
The Elgin automobile was manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation in Argo, Illinois, from 1916 to 1923, and by Elgin Motors, Inc., in Indianapolis from 1923 to 1924.
Elgin Motor Car Corporation was formed in 1916 by several executives from t ...
, manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation (1916–1923) and Elgin Motors, Inc. (1923–1924)
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Elgin, Ladbroke Grove
The Elgin is a Grade II listed public house at 96 Ladbroke Grove, London.
It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
It was built in the mid-19th century, and the architect is not known.
The Elgin was ...
, a public house in Ladbroke Grove, London
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The Elgin, Darjeeling
The Elgin Hotel, Darjeeling formerly known as The New Elgin is a luxury five-star heritage hotel situated in the heart of Darjeeling. The hotel is owned by Elgin Hotels and Resorts.
History
Built in 1887 around a garden, the property was init ...
, 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), a US watch company that sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin
* Elgin tablets, a name for a
tablet
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Glen Elgin
Glen Elgin distillery is a Scotch single malt whisky distillery in Fogwatt, Moray, Scotland.
The distilery was founded in 1898, and is now owned by Diageo.
The whisky produced is used in White Horse blends and since 1977 in single malt whis ...
, a single malt whisky from Speyside
Other uses
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Elgin Formation, a geologic formation in Minnesota, United States
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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 Secondary ...
, a high school in Surrey, British Columbia
* The
Elgin–Franklin fields
The Elgin–Franklin fields are two adjacent gas condensate fields located in the Central Graben Area of the North Sea east of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of . The joint development of the Elgin and Franklin fields is the largest high pre ...
in the North Sea
See also
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Eglin (disambiguation)
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Elgin Academy (disambiguation) Elgin Academy may refer to:
* Elgin Academy (Elgin, Illinois) in Elgin, Illinois, USA
* Elgin Academy, Moray in Elgin, Scotland
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Elgin High School (disambiguation) Elgin High School may refer to one of several high schools:
In Canada:
*Central Elgin Collegiate Institute — St. Thomas, Ontario
* Elgin Park Secondary School — Surrey, British Columbia
In Scotland:
* Elgin High School (Scotland) &mda ...
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Elgin Museum (disambiguation)
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Elgin Theatre (disambiguation)
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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 in Scotland, which has yielded many fossils referred to as the Elgin Reptiles.
Discovery
The type sp ...
'', a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
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Lady Elgin (disambiguation)
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