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Elkin

town in Surry and Wilkes counties in North Carolina, United States
Place Town In The United States Q2030863

Facts

15 properties

Identity

Instance of
town in the United States, city in North Carolina[5]
Official website
www.elkinnc.org[11]
Official name
Elkin

Location

Country
United States[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 36.258°, -80.851°, 🗺️ 36.244°, -80.848°[9][10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Surry County, Wilkes County[2][3]

Population and size

Area
+17.651315, +17.383482
Elevation above sea level
+276
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 276 m GeoNames 273 m edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
Population
+4001, +4122[12][13]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 4,001 · 4,122 GeoNames 4,060 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
336[8]
Located in time zone
Eastern Time Zone[7]
Postal code
28621[6]
More facts +3
Number of households
+1489
Per capita income
+26112
Water as percent of area
+1.1786
🏷️ Also known as
en Elkin en Elkin, NC en Elkin, North Carolina ar ألكين fa الکین ja エルキン ko 엘킨 uk Елкін zh 埃爾金 (北卡羅萊納州)
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
167878979
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n83205134
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Elkin, NC Soda shop.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
26785
FIPS 55-3 (locations in the US)
37-20620
Freebase ID
/m/013j4q
GNIS Feature ID
984711, 2406436
GeoNames ID
4465155
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
elkin
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0430861
J9U entity ID
987007562247905171
MusicBrainz area ID
0bb6ba90-8607-4e88-9096-59a3a9ef4893
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OpenStreetMap relation ID
180136
Quora topic ID
Elkin-NC
UN/LOCODE
USEIN
WOEID
2398498
Who's on First ID
85980371
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJf4cqDGFXdbjrbrMcPxXd

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🔗 Connections
← Place of publication 3
The Elkin Times, The Elkin Tribune, Tribune
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Wilkes County, Surry County
People born here 2
Harold Hayes, Leroy Brown Martin, Jr.
Country 1
United States
Located in time zone 1
Eastern Time Zone
Named after 1
Elkin Municipal Airport
← Place served by transport hub 1
Elkin Municipal Airport
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Summary

Elkin is a town in the United States[1].

Body

Identity

Elkin's official name is recorded as Elkin[14].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Elkin include Elkin Municipal Airport[15], an airport[16], in United States[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Elkin include Elkin Municipal Airport[15], an airport[16], in United States[17].

Related Entities

Leroy Brown Martin, Jr. United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . nctreasurer.com. nctreasurer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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