The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusElgin is a village in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The population was 49 at the 2020 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 57 to 49 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1975.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Elgin yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Elgin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Elgin’s history is told.
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Elgin, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Elgin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Elgin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mendon Town Hall in Mendon, 5.3 miles away.
Elgin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.