Editing Elgin, Iowa (section)

==Geography==
Elgin is located at the confluence of Otter Creek with the [[Turkey River (Iowa)|Turkey River]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.66|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

Elgin and the neighboring towns of [[Clermont, Iowa|Clermont]] and [[Wadena, Iowa|Wadena]] made up the Valley Community School district. Due to diminishing class sizes and less aid from the state of Iowa, Valley combined services in 2013 with the nearby North Fayette School district, which comprises the towns of [[West Union, Iowa|West Union]], [[Hawkeye, Iowa|Hawkeye]] and [[Fayette, Iowa|Fayette]] and the combined district is now called North Fayette Valley, with the middle school being in Elgin and the high school located in West Union. The school's mascot is now called the Tigerhawks (from a combination of the two schools' mascots, the Tigers and the Hawks, respectively).

{{Historical populations
|title= Historical populations
|type= USA
|align= left
|1880|428
|1890|369
|1900|635
|1910|564
|1920|623
|1930|610
|1940|638
|1950|642
|1960|644
|1970|613
|1980|702
|1990|637
|2000|676
|2010|683
|2020|685
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=cen2020/>}}|footnote=Source:{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=U.S. Census website|access-date=2020-03-29}} and [http://data.iowadatacenter.org/datatables/PlacesAll/plpopulation18502000.pdf Iowa Data Center]
}}
[[File:ElginIowaPopPlot.png|thumb|left|alt=The population of Elgin, Iowa from US census data|The population of Elgin, Iowa from US census data]]