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