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Elgin, Illinois
Elgin is a city in Kane County, in the Chicago metro area. (The community straddles Kane and Cook counties; ePodunk links to the county with the greater share of population.)
The community was named for a hymn.
It's latitude is 42.037N. The longitude is -88.281W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 745 feet.
The estimated population, in 2003, was 97,117.
INCOME SNAPSHOT
Median household income
Local
$52,605
National
$41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau
For more census details and comparisons, see our demographic reports
Elgin is on the Fox River.
Gail Borden, inventor of condensed milk, started a factory here in 1865.
Watch-making became an important local industry in the 1860s.
Many of the city's Hispanic residents trace their roots to the Puerto Rican town of Aguada.
Colleges and universities: Judson College
