Editing Elkins, West Virginia (section)

==Notable people==
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[[File:Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House.jpg|thumb|[[Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House|Halliehurst]] was the summer estate of Senator [[Stephen Benton Elkins]], who founded the city.]]

* [[James E. Allen, Jr.]], educator
* [[Randy Armstrong (musician)|Randy Armstrong]], musician and multi-instrumentalist
* [[Herman Ball]], American football player
* [[Wally Barron]], 26th governor of West Virginia from 1961–1965
* [[Henry G. Davis]], U.S. senator from West Virginia from 1871–83 and Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1904; co-founder of Elkins
* [[Stephen B. Elkins]], U.S. senator from West Virginia from 1895–1911; co-founder and namesake of Elkins
* [[Del Gainer]], baseball player
* [[Marshall Goldberg]], National Football League all-pro player
* [[Katherine Hoover]], composer and flutist 
* [[Eldora Nuzum]], first female editor of a daily newspaper in West Virginia and interviewer of U.S. Presidents
* [[John Ochsendorf]], MIT Professor and MacArthur Fellow
* [[Jae Spears]], West Virginia state legislator
* [[Tre Smith (running back)|Tre Smith]], Canadian Football League running back
* [[Doug Van Gundy]], musician and poet