EXPLORE
Living in Elkin
Schools, health care, housing, and ways to get involved.
Schools
Elkin City Schools: website(another website). 336-835-3135.
Yadkin Valley Community School, grades K to 6, downtown. Website(another website)
Surry Community College, with classes at The Elkin Center. Visit(another website). 336-386-8121.
Surry County Schools: 336-386-8211.
Health care
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, with imaging, cancer services, rehabilitation, a wellness center, an emergency room, and a women's center.
Housing & retirement
Historic homes near downtown, some on the National Register, and nearby communities in State Road and Thurmond.
Golf, trails, fishing, and bird watching, and a senior center in nearby Jonesville, across the Yadkin River. Cedarbrook Golf Course, an 18-hole Ellis Maples design in State Road, sits 8 minutes from downtown.
Get involved
- Explore Elkin Volunteer Army(another website)
- Elkin Valley Trails Association trail workers(another website)
- Watershed NOW, caring for five local watersheds(another website)
Civic groups
- Lions Club
- Masonic Lodge
- Yadkin Valley Rotary
- BSA Troop 648
- Main Street Advisory Board volunteers
Adopt-a-Street & EV charging
Groups clean a Town street 3 to 4 times a year. The Town provides bags, gloves, and safety vests, and a sign goes up after the first documented cleanup.
Contact: Laura Gaylord, 336-258-8908, communitymanager@elkinnc.org.
State roads through town use the NCDOT Adopt-a-Highway program: 336-835-4241.
EV charging: The Heritage & Trails Center, the Town Hall parking lot, and two chargers at the Recreation Center in Municipal Park.
Community numbers
| Elkin Post Office | 336-835-2113 |
|---|---|
| Duke Energy | 1-800-777-9898 |
| Surry-Yadkin EMC | 336-356-8241 |
| CenturyLink | 336-526-3310 |
| G & B Energy | 336-835-3607 |
| Frontier Energy | 336-526-2690 |
| Elkin Tribune | 336-835-1513 |
| Driver's license office | 336-835-5247 |
| Vehicle plates and registration | 336-835-2757 |
| Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority | 336-835-9819 |