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    Elgin (/ˈɛldʒɪn/ EL-jin) is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago along the...
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    Elgin Academy was an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory school in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Elgin Academy was notable for many accomplishments...
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    Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin...
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    watches under the names Elgin, Lord Elgin, and Lady Elgin. For nearly 100 years, the company's manufacturing complex in Elgin, Illinois, was the world's largest...
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  • Parish Elgin, Nova Scotia Elgin, Quebec Elgin, Alabama Elgin, Arizona Elgin, Illinois Elgin, Iowa Elgin, Kansas Elgin, Minnesota Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi)...
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  • Elgin High School, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elgin, Illinois, an American city 40 mi. (63.5 km) northwest of Chicago. It is...
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    of people from Elgin, Illinois List of people from Aurora, Illinois Carpentersville, Illinois§Notable residents East Dundee, Illinois§Notable residents...
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    The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway (reporting mark EJE) was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary...
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    The Elgin Mental Health Center (formerly Elgin State Hospital & the Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane) is a mental health facility...
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  • Elgin Community College (ECC) is a public community college in Elgin, Illinois. It was founded in 1949 as part of Elgin Area School District U46. Community...
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    Elgin is one of three stations on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line in Elgin, Illinois. The station is 36.6 miles (58.9 km) away from Chicago Union...
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    The Elgin, Illinois, Centennial half dollar was a fifty-cent commemorative coin issued by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1936, part of the wave...
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    202-mile-long (325 km) tributary of the Illinois River, flowing from southeastern Wisconsin to Ottawa, Illinois in the United States. The Wisconsin section...
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  • The Grand Victoria Casino Elgin is a riverboat casino in Elgin, Illinois, United States, located about 40 mi (64 km) west of Chicago. It is owned and operated...
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  • Female Institute Judson College (Mount Palatine, Illinois) (1846–1860) Judson University, Elgin, Illinois, called Judson College until 2007 Judson College...
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    vernacular region that is situated between the large cities of Aurora and Elgin, Illinois, and encompasses the cities of Batavia, Geneva, and St. Charles. A...
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  • Judson University is a private Baptist university in Elgin, Illinois. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Judson was formed out of...
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  • Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Covering 90 square...
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  • Michael Hubert Kenyon, (born c. 1944 in Elgin, Illinois) also known as the "Illinois Enema Bandit", is an American criminal. He pleaded guilty to a decade-long...
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  • Leewards Creative Crafts (category Defunct companies based in Illinois)
    Leewards, was an American crafts and fabrics retailer. It was founded in Elgin, Illinois, in 1947. The chain had approximately 87 stores at its peak. In 1994...
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  • Lauren Zima (category People from Elgin, Illinois)
    producer and host at Entertainment Tonight. Zima was raised in Elgin, Illinois, graduated from Elgin High School, and studied journalism at the University of...
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    Carpentersville, Elgin and Aurora Railway from a connection with the streetcar system in Elgin, Illinois and ran for four miles, terminating at the Illinois Iron...
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    Illinois Route 390 (IL 390), previously known as the Elgin–O'Hare Expressway, now known as the Elgin–O'Hare Tollway, is a 9.8-mile (15.8 km) controlled-access...
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  • Randy Toler (category People from Elgin, Illinois)
    filed paperwork to run for US Senate in Florida. Toler was born in Elgin, Illinois and grew up in Niles, Michigan. He attended the University of Missouri...
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    line between Chicago and Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, and Elgin, Illinois. The railroad also operated a small branch to Mt. Carmel Cemetery in...
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    District West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station). In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanover...
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  • be the largest Islamic school in North America, based in Elgin, Illinois, at the former Elgin Academy site. He is a mufti and teaches fiqh, hadith, and...
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    in Algonquin. Illinois 25 is 35.04 miles (56.39 km) in length. Illinois Route 25 was opened in August 1929; it originally ran from Elgin to East Dundee...
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    municipality Aerial view of downtown Elgin, Illinois' 6th most populous municipality Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois' capital city and 7th most...
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    it will continue northward to an extension of Illinois Route 390 (IL 390, formerly known as the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway) and I-90 (Jane Addams Memorial...
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