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Website. www.cityofelgin.org. Elgin (/ ˈɛldʒɪn / EL-jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago along the Fox River. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 114,797, making it the sixth-most populous city in the state.
The Elgin National Watch Company, commonly known as Elgin Watch Company, was a major US watch maker from 1864 to 1968. The company sold watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin. For nearly 100 years, the company's manufacturing complex in Elgin, Illinois, was the world's largest site dedicated to watchmaking.
Elgin Township, Illinois. / 42.02583°N 88.32056°W / 42.02583; -88.32056. Elgin Township is located in Kane County, Illinois. It is divided by the Fox River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 100,922 and it contained 35,690 housing units.
42°02′33″N 88°15′44″W / . 42.0425°N 88.2622°W. / 42.0425; -88.2622. Type. Natural history, anthropology. Website. www .elginpublicmuseum .org. The Elgin Public Museum of Natural History and Anthropology is a natural history museum located in Elgin, Illinois. The museum, now over a hundred years old, is located within the 108 ...
Elmer Charles "Mike" Alft Jr. (July 13, 1925 – November 22, 2021) was an American historian and former mayor of Elgin, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College in 1949 and received his master's degree from Syracuse University in 1950. He taught at Elgin High School for four decades while serving ...
Jim Gaffigan, comedian, actor, and author. Mitzi Gaynor, actress and entertainer, lived in Elgin. George Hamlin, opera singer and son of John Austin Hamlin [2] John Austin Hamlin, magician. Matt Hoffman, contestant on Big Brother 12. Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie); spent part of his childhood in ...
The Elgin Area Historical Society is a non-profit organization that preserves and presents the history of the Elgin, Illinois area. Located at 360 Park Street in Elgin, Illinois on the Elgin Academy campus. The historic "Old Main" building houses offices, research facilities, the Elgin History Museum, and a gift shop.
The Elgin National Watch Company ceased watch production in the late 1950s. The observatory was donated to the Elgin Area School District U46 in 1960, who added a planetarium in 1963. This was the first school district planetarium in the State of Illinois. Donald Tuttle (1920–2010) was the first planetarium director. He served from 1963 to 1985.