Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Union
- Mayor
- S. James Johnson
- City administrator
- Alex McHaddad
- Total
- 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km )
- Land
- 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,687 ft (819 m)
- Density
- 1,698.5/sq mi (655.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-22550
- Website
- www.cityofelginor.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Elgin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Union County
- Population
- 1717
- Area
- 2.562788
- Elevation
- 2670
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.cityofelginor.org
- Image
- Elgin Opera House.jpg
- Households
- 688
- Dialing code
- 541
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- Commons category
- Elgin, Oregon
- postal code
- 97827
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 23218
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Elgin is a city in Union County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Elgin had a population of 1,717. The community is named after the Lady Elgin, a ship lost on Lake Michigan.
The city is known for the Elgin Opera House, originally dedicated in 1912.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elgin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.