Wikipedia / Elgin
Wikipedia / 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 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, New Brunswick, a community in Elgin Parish
Port Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada
Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
United States
Elgin, Illinois, the most populous place with the name
Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
Elgin (Warrenton, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
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
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 , converted to a hotel
Elgin National Watch Company (1864–1968), an American watch company
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 Park Secondary School, a high school in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Transportation
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 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
, a turtle-like parareptile of the Late Permian period
Éire, cognate with the presumed etymon of "Elgin"