Elgin, Missouri
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Elgin is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Shelby County, in the
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of
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History

A post office called Elgin was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1907. The community has the name of George Elgin, a pioneer citizen.


References

Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{ShelbyCountyMO-geo-stub