Elgin

Elgin may refer to:

Places

Scotland

• Elgin, Moray, Scotland, the administrative and commercial centre for Moray, from which Elgins elsewhere derive their names

Canada

• Elgin County, Ontario
• Elgin Settlement, a 19th-century community for freed slaves located in present-day North Buxton and South Buxton, Ontario
• Elgin, a village in Rideau Lakes, Ontario
• Elgin, Manitoba
• Elgin Parish, New Brunswick
  • Elgin, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish
• Elgin, Nova Scotia
• Elgin, Quebec
• Port Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada
• Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

United States

• Elgin, Alabama
• Elgin, Arizona
• Elgin, Illinois, the most populous place with the name
• 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), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
• Elgin, North Dakota
• Elgin, Ohio
• Elgin, Oklahoma
• Elgin, Oregon
• Elgin, Pennsylvania
• Elgin, Kershaw County, South Carolina
• Elgin, Lancaster County, South Carolina
• Elgin, Tennessee
• Elgin, Texas
• Elgin, Utah
• Elgin Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

• Elgin, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Capel
• Elgin, New Zealand, a suburb of Gisborne
• Elgin, Western Cape, South Africa, a large valley famous for deciduous farming
• The Elgin–Franklin fields, natural gas fields in the North Sea

Constituencies and electoral districts

Canada

• Elgin (federal electoral district) (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), a pre-1707 constituency
• Elgin Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), a District of Burghs constituency from 1708 to 1918
• Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency), a county constituency from 1708 to 1832

People

• Elgin (name)

Brands and enterprises

• Elgin (automobile), manufactured by Elgin Motor Car Corporation (1916–1923) and Elgin Motors, Inc. (1923–1924)
• Elgin, Ladbroke Grove, 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 (1864–1968), an American watch company
• Elgin Theatre (disambiguation)
• Glen Elgin, a single malt whisky from Speyside
• Elgin American Company, first sponsor of the American game show You Bet Your Life

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

Schools

• Elgin Academy, Moray, Elgin, Scotland, a high school
• Elgin Academy (Elgin, Illinois), United States, an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory school
• Elgin High School (disambiguation)
• Elgin Park Secondary School, a high school in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Transportation

• Elgin Street (disambiguation)
• Elgin Avenue, a street in Maida Vale, London
• Elgin Crescent, a street in Notting Hill, London
• Elgin railway station, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
• Elgin station (Illinois), a train station in Elgin, Illinois, United States

Other uses

• Earl of Elgin, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
• Elgin Formation, a geologic formation in Minnesota, United States
• Elgin Marbles, Greek bas-reliefs housed at the British Museum
• Elgin Museum (disambiguation)
• Elgin tablets, a name for a tablet
• Elgin-style butter, another name in the United States for the "Eastern-pack" butter stick size, named for the Elgin Butter Company of Elgin, Illinois

See also

• Elginia, a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
• Lady Elgin (disambiguation)
• Eglin (disambiguation)
• Egin (disambiguation)
• Elgi
• Elg (disambiguation)
• Éire, cognate with the presumed etymon of "Elgin"