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==Geography== Elgin is located in southeastern Erie County at {{coord|41|54|7|N|79|44|41|W|type:city}} (41.902058, -79.744851).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the west by [[Union Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|Union Township]], to the north by [[Wayne Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|Wayne Township]], and to the northwest, east and south by [[Concord Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania|Concord Township]]. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|3.8|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4222960| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elgin borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=March 15, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213043226/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4222960| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 6 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 6]] runs along the northern border of the borough, leading east {{convert|5.5|mi}} to [[Corry, Pennsylvania|Corry]] and west {{convert|5.7|mi}} to [[Union City, Pennsylvania|Union City]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 89]] leads northwest from US 6 {{convert|7.5|mi}} to [[Wattsburg, Pennsylvania|Wattsburg]]. [[Erie, Pennsylvania|Erie]] is {{convert|26|mi}} to the northwest via PA 89 and [[Pennsylvania Route 8|PA 8]]. [[Beaver Run (South Branch French Creek tributary)|Beaver Run]], a tributary of South Branch French Creek flows through the middle of the borough.
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