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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]
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 ...
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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Elk Park is a town in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The town was so named because of the number of elk killed there. [ 4 ] The population was 452 at the 2010 census .
The royal family has boasted some very long-lived members—Prince Philip passed away barely two months before his centenary, Queen Elizabeth lived to be 96, and her mother, the late Queen Mother ...
The associated Nurses' Home was built in 1932, and is a two-story-with-basement rectangular brick building in the Colonial Revival style. Frame side wings were added to Nurses' Home in 1937. The hospital was converted to a nursing home and interior remodeled in 1973. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]