Elkton, Virginia

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The last Census shows that Elkton had a population^<1> of 2,042 people in 2000.

The following is a list of similarily sized communities (based on the 2000 Census):

Rank	Community	Population	Direction	Distance<2>
109	Tappahannock	2,068	E	101 mi [162.5 km]
110	Patrick Springs	2,068	SW	149 mi [239.8 km]
111	Elkton	2,042
112	Castlewood	2,036	SW	225 mi [362.1 km]
113	Coeburn	1,996	SW	232 mi [373.4 km]

Every year, the US Census produces an estimate for the number of people living in Elkton. The most recent estimate is for the year 2007 and at that time, Elkton had a population of 2,620 people. This is an increase of 28.31% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the yearly population estimates since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010).

The town of Elkton had 919 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Elkton has a total area of 1.4 square miles [3.62 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 1.37 square miles [3.56 km²] of the area is land, with the balance (1.7%) being water (0.02 square miles [0.06 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Elkton had a 2000 population density of 1,485 people per square mile [3,847 people/km²], making it the state's 59th most densely populated area.

Rockingham County

Elkton is located in Rockingham County.

The county had a population of 67,852 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 2,042 people, Elkton accounted for 3.01% of the Rockingham County total.

In addition, where the community of Elkton has a population density of 1,485 people per square mile [3,847 people/km²], Rockingham County averages 79.7 people per square mile [206.5 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Rockingham County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Elkton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Elkton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Elkton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Rockingham County (QF-51165).

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Elkton:

Elkton is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Elkton.

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Elkton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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