Elgin may refer to:

Places

Canada

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 * ...

, 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 Rideau Lakes is a township (Canada), township located within Leeds and Grenville United Counties in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The township was incorporated on 1 January 1998 by amalgamating the former townships of North Crosby, South Crosby, Basta ...

Port Elgin, Ontario Port Elgin is a community in Bruce County, 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, after James Bruce, ...

, Bruce County * Elgin, Manitoba * Elgin Parish, New Brunswick ** Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish *

Elgin, Nova Scotia Elgin is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Pictou County. It is named after 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 co ...

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 ...

* Elgin Street (Ottawa), a street in the Downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Port Elgin, New Brunswick

Hong Kong

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 in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

New Zealand

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 as ...

, a suburb of Gisborne

South Africa

* Elgin, Western Cape, a large valley famous for deciduous farming, which lies to the south-east of Cape Town

United Kingdom

Elgin, Moray Elgin (; sco, Ailgin; gd, Eilginn, ) is a 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 gr ...

, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, Scotland, from which other names derive ** Elgin railway station * Elgin Crescent, a street in Notting Hill, London *

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

Elgin, Alabama Elgin, also known as Elgin Crossroads, Ingram's Crossroads, or Marmion, is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, in the U.S. state of Alabama. Elgin lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 72 and Alabama State Route 101. History Elgin ...

* Elgin, Arizona * Elgin, Illinois ** Elgin station (Illinois), a train station * Elgin, Iowa * Elgin, Kansas * Elgin, Minnesota * Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi * Elgin, Missouri * Elgin, Nebraska * Elgin, Nevada *

Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina) Elgin is a historic Plantation house in the Southern United States, plantation house located near Warrenton, North Carolina, Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1835, and is a two-story, three bay, Federal architecture, ...

, listed on the NRHP in North Carolina * Elgin, North Dakota *

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 ...

Elgin, Oklahoma Elgin is a city in northeastern Comanche County, Oklahoma, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 2,156 at the 2010 census, a 78 percent increase from 1,210 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton met ...

* Elgin, Oregon *

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 ...

* Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina *

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 ...

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 ...

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 provide ...

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 bri ...

Elgin, Utah Green River is a city in Emery County, Utah. The population was 847 at the 2020 census. History The city of Green River is located in ancestral Ute lands, in the home locale of the Seuvarits/Sheberetch band of Ute people. The Old Spanish Trail ...

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 {{geodis Township name disambiguation pag ...

Constituencies and electoral districts

Canada

Elgin (electoral district) Elgin (also known as Elgin—Norfolk) was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Elgin West and Norfo ...

(1935–1997), a federal electoral district in the province of Ontario * Elgin (provincial electoral district), a provincial riding in Ontario, Canada, that was merged into the riding of Elgin-Middlesex

United Kingdom

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 ...

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 * Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency), a county constituency from 1708 to 1832

People

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 ...

Earl of Elgin Earl of Elgin is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for 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 July 1641. The Earl of Elgin is the ...

or Lord Elgin, the title of several individuals **

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 ** James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Canadian governor

Art, entertainment, and media

Art

* The Elgin Marbles, 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

* ''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 in their pre-David Ruffin era

Brands and enterprises

* Elgin (automobile), manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation (1916–1923) and Elgin Motors, Inc. (1923–1924) *

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 ...

, a public house in Ladbroke Grove, London * The Elgin, Darjeeling, the summer residence of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, converted to a hotel *

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 Tablet may refer to: Medicine * Tablet (pharmacy), a mixture of pharmacological substances pressed into a small cake or bar, colloquially called a "pill" Computing * Tablet computer, a mobile computer that is primarily operated by touching the s ...

* Glen Elgin, a single malt whisky from Speyside

Other uses

Elgin Formation The Elgin Formation is a geological formation in Minnesota. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. See also * List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Minnesota * Paleontology in Minnesota Paleontology in Minnesota refe ...

, a geologic formation in Minnesota, United States *

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