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Elgin

city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois

🇺🇸 United States · 42.0373, -88.2812

Elgin is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

1 place inside Elgin has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Elgin as well.

“Production also took place at Sherman Hospital in Elgin and Central Elementary School in Wilmette, and also in Downtown Western Springs, where the grocery store scene was filmed.”
Contagion (2011) · Wikipedia

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Elgin
Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Elgin as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

  • Contagion 2011
  • The Chosen 2017–
    “Filmed on a friend's farm in Marengo, Illinois, Jenkins wrote the screenplay and intended the film be shown during a Christmas Eve service at his church, Harvest Bible Chapel in Elgin, Illinois.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Elgin

1 place inside Elgin, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Elgin too.

Named here by Elgin’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Elgin, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Elgin?

2 productions are recorded as filmed in Elgin, including Contagion (2011) and The Chosen (2017–). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Elgin?

Contagion (2011), covered by 52 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Elgin?

Elgin is in the United States, at 42.0373, -88.2812.

What other filming locations are near Elgin?

O'Hare International Airport, Woodstock, Waukegan, Grace Episcopal Church and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by SounderBruce, CC BY-SA 4.0.