The City of Elgin will celebrate its Sesquicentennial in 2022. As we look forward to a year to commemorate, educate and celebrate in our community, we look forward to sharing retrospectives about the community. In the United States, the third Monday of January each year is a national holiday. On that day, Americans honor the life and legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day is the only federal holiday that bears the name of an American citizen. For years, citizens from the Bastrop County towns of Elgin, Bastrop, and Smithville have joined together to remember a man who ...