Elk Garden is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.

[5] However the Primary School is still in session, offering classes from Pre-Kindergarten through the fifth grade.

[6] Elk Garden was incorporated in 1890 by the Mineral County Circuit Court.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2), all land.

[8] The only significant highway directly serving Elk Garden is West Virginia Route 42.

The racial makeup of the town was 98.62% White, 0.46% African American, and 0.92% from two or more races.

About 21.7% of families and 22.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.7% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.8% of those 65 or over.