South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States.

[citation needed] South Elgin was originally called "Clintonville", in honor of early settler James Clinton.

[4] South Elgin is located in eastern Kane County in the Fox River Valley.

It is bordered to the north by the city of Elgin and to the east by the village of Bartlett.

U46 serves an area of some 90 square miles (230 km2) in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties.

District 303 covers 57 square miles (150 km2) and serves 13,590 students in the Fox River Valley.