Elkin

Elkin is a town in and counties in the U.S. state of , along the . Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township. The population was 4,122 at the time of the 2020 census.
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  • Type: Town with 4,120 residents
  • Description: town in Surry and Wilkes counties in North Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: Elkin, NC” and “Elkin, North Carolina
  • Postal code: 28621

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jonesville and Ronda.

Town
, originally called Allen's Settlement, founded in 1811 under the name of Martinsborough, is the oldest town in , , United States.

Village
is a town in , , United States. The population was 417 at the 2010 census, and 413 at the 2020 census. was named after a nearby estate called "Roundabout", which was the residence of Benjamin Cleveland, a locally prominent planter and a colonel in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. is situated 5 miles west of Elkin.

Elkin

Latitude
36.24405° or 36° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
-80.8508° or 80° 51′ 3″ west
Population
4,120
Elevation
896 feet (273 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US EIN
Open location code
868X64VX+JM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154010883
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4465155
Wiki­data ID
Q2030863
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Elkin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ألكين
  • Basque: Elkin
  • Catalan: Elkin
  • Cebuano: Elkin
  • Chechen: Элкин
  • Chinese: Elkin
  • Chinese: 埃爾金 (北卡羅萊納州)
  • Chinese: 埃爾金
  • Dutch: Elkin
  • Egyptian Arabic: الكين
  • French: Elkin
  • German: Elkin
  • Gilaki: الکین (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)
  • Gilaki: الکین
  • Haitian: Elkin, Kawolin dinò
  • Hungarian: Elkin
  • Italian: Elkin
  • Japanese: エルキン
  • Korean: 엘킨
  • Ladin: Elkin
  • Min Nan Chinese: Elkin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Elkin
  • Norwegian: Elkin
  • Persian: الکین، کارولینای شمالی
  • Persian: الکین
  • Polish: Elkin
  • Portuguese: Elkin
  • Serbian: Елкин
  • Serbo-Croatian: Elkin, North Carolina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Elkin
  • South Azerbaijani: الکین، قوزئی کارولینا
  • Spanish: Elkin
  • Tatar: Элкин
  • Ukrainian: Елкін
  • Uzbek: Elkin, North Carolina
  • Uzbek: Elkin
  • Uzbek: Елкин
  • Volapük: Elkin, North Carolina
  • Volapük: Elkin

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