Elgin, Illinois
Elgin (pronounced (IPA)) is a city 40 mi. (64.5 km) northwest of Chicago, Illinois on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,487, making it the eighth largest city in Illinois. Elgin is a diverse and rapidly growing community that was profiled in a 1997 issue of Money Magazine as a microcosm of the United States.
External links
- City brochure(pdf)
- Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce
- Elgin Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees)
- Elginhistory.com, which includes two online books on Elgin history by E.C. Alft
- Elgin Area Historical Society
- History of the Elgin Centennial Half Dollar
- Elgin Community College
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra
- Elgin Choral Union
- Elgin Children's Chorus
- Elgin-based School District U-46
- Fox River Country Day School
- Elgin Academy
- Elgin city government site
- Downtown Elgin blog
- Elginite
- Elgin news from the Daily Herald
- Downtown Neighborhood Association
- Gifford Park Association, an architectural preservation group
- Elgin entry in Encyclopedia of Chicago
- Pictures of Elgin on Flickr
- Forest Preserves Around Elgin
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Architecture and historic preservation |
| ► | Arts, Recreation, and Conservation |
| ► | Elgin today |
| ► | Government |
| ► | Geography |
| ► | Demographics |
| ► | Education |
| ► | Commemorative coin |
| ► | External links |
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