{"id":16504,"count":1,"description":"Elkin is a town in Surry and Wilkes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, along the Yadkin River. Elkin shares its name with the surrounding township of Elkin Township. The population was 4,109 at the 2000 census.\nElkin is located at 36\u00b015\u203228\u2033N 80\u00b051\u20325\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff36.25778\u00b0N 80.85139\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 36.25778; -80.85139 (36.257709, -80.851296).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.3\u00a0square miles (16.4\u00a0km\u00b2), of which, 6.3\u00a0square miles (16.2\u00a0km\u00b2) of it is land and 0.1\u00a0square miles (0.2\u00a0km\u00b2) of it (1.10%) is water.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 4,109 people, 1,690 households, and 1,051 families residing in the town. The population density was 655.7 people per square mile (253.0\/km\u00b2). There were 1,854 housing units at an average density of 295.8 per square mile (114.2\/km\u00b2). The racial makeup of the town was 84.11% White, 7.23% African American, 0.02% Native American, 0.32% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 6.81% from other races, and 1.48% from two or...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/elkin\/","name":"Elkin","slug":"elkin","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/16504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=16504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}