Elkton is a city in Marshall Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 130 at the 2020 census.
History
Elkton was platted on January 25, 1887, by W.E. Richardson and Frank A. Day. It was incorporated on January 2, 1906. On January 30, 1906, the people of the township elected a president of the city council, three councilmen, a recorder, a treasurer, two justices of the peace, two constables and an assessor. A sidewalk was constructed on Main Street in 1908, electricity was brought in the late 1920s, and the water system was built in 1946. Curbs, gutters and new streets were added in 1965.
Geography
Elkton is in central Mower County, east of Austin, the county seat. It is bordered to the south, east, and west by Marshall Township and to the north by Dexter Township.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Elkton has a total area of , all land.
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