Elkin North Carolina and Surry County North Carolina * Area History

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The History Of Elkin North Carolina
Elkin North Carolina and the surrounding region are
made up of hard-working, caring people proud of their rich cultural history.

The Yadkin River and Big Elkin Creek have drawn
people to the Elkin area since the coming of the Paleo-Indians 10,000 years ago.

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The first English colonists came in the mid-eighteenth century. The town's early history begins with Richard Gwyn who settled on the Yadkin River about 1840. Within a decade he and family members established Elkin Manufacturing Company.
	Alexander Chatham and Thomas Lenior Gwyn opened a woolen mill in 1877 that grew to become Elkin's largest industry today. The Northwestern North Carolina Railroad arrived in 1890.

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