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Elkins

Elkins is a city of 7,000 people in Randolph County, . It is home to Davis & Elkins College, a small private college. Because of its size and convenient location, you'll likely want to use Elkins as a base to get to a variety of nearby sights and attractions.
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  • Type: City with 6,930 residents
  • Description: city in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Elkins, West Virginia”, “Elkins, WV”, “Joans Friends”, “Jonas Friends”, “Leadsville”, “Leeds Village”, and “Leedsville”
  • Postal code: 26241

Places of Interest

Highlights include Davis and Elkins Historic District and West Virginia Railroad Museum.

Heritage site
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The is a National Historic Landmark District on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. It includes two mansions, the Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House and , that are separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Museum
The is a railroad museum development located at 2 Railroad Avenue, WV 26241. The museum opened in 2014.

Courthouse
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is a historic courthouse and jail located at Elkins, . The two buildings were built between 1902 and 1904.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canfield and Bruxton.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is located along U.S. Route 33 and West Virginia Route 55, 1.8 miles east-southeast of Elkins.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States.

Locality
Elkins is a city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 6,950 at the 2020 census. It lies along the and was incorporated in 1890, taking its name from Stephen B.

Elkins

Latitude
38.9259° or 38° 55′ 33″ north
Longitude
-79.8467° or 79° 50′ 48″ west
Population
6,930
Elevation
1,926 feet (587 metres)
IATA airport code
EKN
Open location code
87C2W5G3+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157569968
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4805033
Wiki­data ID
Q952594
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Elkins” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إلكينز”
  • Basque: “Elkins”
  • Catalan: “Elkins”
  • Cebuano: “Elkins”
  • Chechen: “Элкинс (Малхбузен Вирджини)”
  • Chechen: “Элкинс”
  • Chinese: “Elkins”
  • Chinese: “厄爾金斯”
  • Chinese: “埃尔金斯 (西维珍尼亚州)”
  • Chinese: “埃尔金斯”
  • Chinese: “埃爾金斯 (西維珍尼亞州)”
  • Chinese: “埃爾金斯”
  • Czech: “Elkins”
  • Dagbani: “Elkins”
  • Danish: “Elkins”
  • Dutch: “Elkins”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الكينز”
  • French: “Elkins”
  • German: “Elkins”
  • Gilaki: “الکینز (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “الکینز”
  • Greek: “Έλκινς”
  • Hungarian: “Elkins”
  • Irish: “Elkins”
  • Italian: “Elkins”
  • Japanese: “エルキンズ”
  • Ladin: “Elkins”
  • Malagasy: “Elkins, West Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Elkins”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Elkins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Elkins”
  • Persian: “الکینس، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “الکینس”
  • Polish: “Elkins”
  • Portuguese: “Elkins”
  • Russian: “Элкинс”
  • Serbian: “Елкинс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elkins, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Elkins”
  • Slovak: “Elkins”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الکینز، باتی ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Elkins (Virginia Occidental)”
  • Spanish: “Elkins”
  • Swedish: “Elkins, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Elkins”
  • Tatar: “Элкинс (Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Элкинс”
  • Ukrainian: “Елкінс”
  • Vietnamese: “Elkins, Tây Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Elkins, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Elkins”
  • Volapük: “Elkins”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Elkins, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Elkins”
  • Welsh: “Elkins, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Elkins”

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