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Elgin is a city in northeastern Comanche County, Oklahoma, about 16 miles north-northeast of Lawton at the junction of U.S. Route 277 and State Highway 17, one mile south of Interstate 44.

Elgin grew up along the Oklahoma City and Western Railroad, built between Chickasha and Lawton from 1901 to 1903 and later absorbed by the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.

Elgin's post office was established in April 1902 under the name "Ceegee," derived from the initials of Charles G. Jones, the railroad's president and the town's developer; the railroad objected, and the name was changed in July 1902.

Elgin has been one of Oklahoma's fastest-growing small cities: its population jumped from 1,210 in 2000 to 2,156 in 2010 and 3,656 in 2020, a rise of nearly 70% in a single decade.

At the 2020 census Elgin had 1,194 households, about 70% of them owner-occupied, and over half of all households had children under 18 living in them.

Elgin is a notably young community, with a median age of just 32.2 years at the 2020 census.

Elgin is part of the Lawton metropolitan area and is strongly influenced by nearby Fort Sill, the major U.S. Army installation in Comanche County.

Elgin is the site of Fort Sill National Cemetery, a burial ground for U.S. military veterans.

Elgin has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers — its record high is 112 °F — and averages about 31 inches of precipitation a year.

The city supplies its municipal water from the Rush Springs aquifer through four wells located east of town.