Elkhorn is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district[2] in the Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth within the Canadian province of Manitoba that held village status prior to January 1, 2015.

A board of trade was organized in April 1899 and lobbied for further settlement in the community and surrounding municipality, better infrastructure, and improvement of commerce.

[5] The first settlers in the district came from well established communities in Eastern Canada or Britain and quickly recognized the necessity of public education.

The institution again changed appearance in 1976 when the brick school was demolished and a new elementary wing and gymnasium were added to the collegiate.

Established to keep an impressive private collection of antique cars in Manitoba, the Manitoba Antique Automobile Museum now houses a wide variety of artifacts and documents that are integral to the history of the community, an array of early farm machinery and implements in addition to the primary collection.

Abhorring the idea that the collection should be split up or leave the province Clarkson and other prominent members of the community successfully petitioned the Manitoba Government to establish a museum foundation.

[9] The museum is located along the south side of the Trans-Canada Highway and serves as Elkhorn's primary tourist attraction.

Elkhorn is represented by Greg Nesbitt in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as part of the constituency of Riding Mountain.

Kevin Tutthill, a former councillor and deputy mayor of the former Village of Elkhorn, sought the Progressive Conservative nomination to replace Maguire, but was defeated by insurance broker Doyle Piwniuk of Virden.

Founded by F. Greenstreet in 1886, the Elkhorn Breeze was applauded by the Manitoba Free Press as "a credit to that prosperous young city.

Various owners and editors of the Mercury continued to print the paper weekly in Elkhorn until 1965, when it was absorbed by the Virden Empire-Advance.

This newspaper along with the Moosomin World-Spectator are weekly publications that now provide the majority of local media coverage for the community.

Mary Carter (née Munn), one of the first female judges in Saskatchewan; part of childhood spent in Elkhorn.