Posted on: May 20, 2022
Class of 2022 Elgin Sesquicentennial Essay Contest winner MacKenzie Elder and Sesquicentennial Committee Co-Chair Deborah Cartwright pictured. MacKenzie is the recipient of a $1,500 scholarship for her winning essay highlighting the railroad as the greate...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 18, 2022
The Elgin Sesquicentennial committee is proud to put 150 years of Elgin history on display in the recently unveiled light pole banner project. The commemorative series of pictorial history banners can be seen on Lee Dildy Boulevard and in the historic dow...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 13, 2022
Elgin Short Story Histories: The Cotton Patch- Elgin, like many of her neighboring communities, was once known as a cotton town. The town was located on the western fringe of a much larger area that stretched from Texas to Maryland, known as the...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 13, 2022
Sidewalk construction project is underway downtown. This is funded by a grant through the Texas Department of Agriculture. The project includes new sidewalk from Avenue A to Main Street on Central Avenue and Avenue A to Avenue B on Depot Street. ...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 13, 2022
May 11 was the opening of the Disaster Loan Outreach Center to assist entire Bastrop County and Elgin community.
Bastrop County Disaster Loan Outreach Center
- Bastrop County Tax Annex1125 Dildy Drive Elgin, TX 78621
- Mondays– Fridays8:00 a.m...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 12, 2022
County Line Road Open House was held Monday, May 9. The City of Elgin shared the following information and graphic for Phase 1 of County Line Road Expansion. Phase 1 is out for bid, City Council may award a contract in June, construction may start in July...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 10, 2022
The City of Elgin is proud to announce that it received an unmodified opinion on its annual Independent Auditor’s Report, performed by BW&C BrooksWatson & Co. Certified Public Accountants. You can view the presentation to City Council fr...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 10, 2022
May is National Preservation Month- from the 1847 Mary Christian Burleson homestead on Louise Street to our founding in 1872 and the downtown commercial district- which is listed on the National Register of Historic places, Elgin is a thriving community w...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 9, 2022
WE MOVED! City of Elgin Developmental Services is now located at 802 N. Ave. C, Fleming Community Center. Our phone number has not changed, but just in case, contact us at (512) 281-0119. Email planninganddevelopment@ci.elgin.tx.us.
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 9, 2022
Libraries for Health is a three-year pilot program that brings lay mental health workers into public libraries. Learn more about the Mental Health initiative and the Elgin Public library published Rural Monitor article: https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/rur...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 5, 2022
If you receive such advertisements placed by an unauthorized individual on or around your mailbox, you are asked to report it to your local Post Office, with a copy of the advertisement. The local Postmaster will contact the individual/organization in que...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 4, 2022
In an effort to enhance communication between the City of Elgin and our citizens, from time to time, we will update with topics that will hopefully clarify and address some of the more well-known rumors that may be out in our community. Today's r...
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Elgin News
Posted on: May 4, 2022
The City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and City Council approved a development agreement May 3 with Aviator Pizza to build a one-of-a-kind restaurant and entertainment center located at Roy Rivers Road near Highway 290. The EDC decided to sell th...
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Elgin News
Posted on: April 28, 2022
In an effort to enhance communication between the City of Elgin and our citizens, from time to time, we will update with topics that will hopefully clarify and address some of the more well-known rumors that may be out in our community.
Rumor of the Day: 2...
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Elgin News