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Elkin is a town in Surry and Wilkes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River. Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township . The population was 4,122 at the time of the 2020 census .
North Carolina Highway 268 Alternate (NC 268A) was established in 1940 as a renumbering of NC 268. This short 0.18-mile-long (0.29 km) route serves as a cutoff between NC 268 and NC 18; it is four-lanes throughout. Signage at the location only indicate it as part of NC 268; however, NCDOT county maps identify it specifically as NC 268A. [14]
Harvey Laffoon (1897-1978) was the owner, publisher and editor of The Elkin Tribune for 42 years, beginning in 1926. He was inducted into the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame in 2002. [2] In 1949, the paper expanded from a weekly to bi-weekly.
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Notable buildings and structures include the Gwyn-Foard House (c. 1855), Hugh G. Chatham Bridge (1931), Liberty Tobacco Warehouse (c. 1920), Harris Building (1902), U.S. Post Office (1937) designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon, former Elkin Town Hall (1938–1939) built by the Works Progress Administration ...