Elgin

Summary

Elgin is a city of Illinois^[1]. Elgin draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_illinois category, ranking #7 of 15).^[2]

Key Facts

• Elgin is located in Cook County^[3].
• Elgin is located in Kane County^[4].
• Elgin is in the country of United States^[5].
• Elgin's head of government is recorded as Dave Kaptain^[6].
• Elgin's image is recorded as Downtown Elgin aerial view, 2018.jpg^[7].
• Elgin's instance of is recorded as city of Illinois^[8].
• Elgin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126676273^[9].
• Elgin's GND ID is recorded as 4309435-1^[10].
• Elgin's locator map image is recorded as Kane County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Elgin highlighted.svg^[11].
• Elgin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81035409^[12].
• Elgin's IdRef ID is recorded as 19624823X^[13].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60120^[14].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60121^[15].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60123^[16].
• Elgin's postal code is recorded as 60124^[17].
• Elgin's Commons category is recorded as Elgin, Illinois^[18].
• Elgin's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 125795^[19].
• Elgin's located in time zone is recorded as Central Time Zone^[20].
• Elgin's local dialing code is recorded as 847 - 224^[21].
• +1835-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elgin^[22].
• +1854-04-24T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Elgin^[23].
• Elgin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 407859^[24].
• Elgin's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2394641^[25].
• Elgin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.03725, 'lon': -88.28119}^[26].
• Elgin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0s4sj^[27].

Body

Geography

Elgin is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Cook County^[3], a county of Illinois^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1831^[30] and Kane County^[4], a county of Illinois^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1836^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+98.253918'}^[34] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+97.660454'}^[35]. Elgin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+227'}^[36]. Population counts include {'amount': '+108188'}^[37] and {'amount': '+114797'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Elgin's instance of is recorded as city of Illinois^[8].

History and Context

Recorded inception include +1835-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22] and +1854-04-24T00:00:00Z^[23].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Elgin include Chicago metropolitan area^[39], a metropolitan statistical area^[40], in United States^[41].

Why It Matters

Elgin draws 434 Wikipedia views per month (city_of_illinois category, ranking #7 of 15).^[2] Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Elgin is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Elgin include Chicago metropolitan area^[39], a metropolitan statistical area^[40], in United States^[41].