Virginia · Census place 5125408
Elkton, Virginia
Elkton is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia with an estimated 3,073 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,073
- #80 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +129 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 972 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Elkton population, 2020 to 2024
Elkton added 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +36.
Elkton covers 3.16 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 972 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Elkton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Elkton is in
All of Elkton's residents live in Rockingham County, which had 87,674 residents in 2024. Elkton holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Elkton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22827. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Elkton is
The Census internal point of Elkton is at 38.410700, -78.616100. Richmond, the capital, is 88.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisonburg, VA (51,164 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 86.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.410700, -78.616100
- DMS
- 38°24'38.52"N 78°36'57.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 708141.2E 4254075.7N
- Geohash
- dqb4e03w8
- Plus code
- 87C3C96M+7H
Daylight in Elkton
At 38.41° N, Elkton gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Elkton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Shenandoah, 5.3 miles away, with 2,467 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Elkton, VA?
3,073 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 129 (4.4%) from 2,944 in July 2020.
What county is Elkton in?
Rockingham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Elkton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22827.
How far is Elkton from Richmond?
88.2 miles (141.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Elkton.
What is the nearest larger city to Elkton?
Harrisonburg, VA, with 51,164 residents, 14.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.