▁Law ton , ▁Oklahoma ▁between ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁A ▁post ▁office ▁was ▁established ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁and ▁named ▁" C e eg ee ", ▁derived ▁from ▁Charles ▁G . ▁Jones , ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁O C WR ▁and ▁developer ▁of ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁rail road ▁management ▁object ed ▁to ▁this ▁name ▁and ▁demanded ▁that ▁it ▁be ▁changed . ▁This ▁was ▁done ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 0 2 . ▁ ▁Geography ▁El gin ▁is ▁located ▁at ▁ ▁( 3 4 . 7 8 0 9 0 6 , ▁- 9 8 . 2 9 2 8 6 2 ). ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁all ▁of ▁it ▁land . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁Cl imate ▁is ▁character ized ▁by ▁relatively ▁high ▁temper atures ▁and ▁even ly ▁distributed ▁precip itation ▁throughout ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁Kö ppen ▁Cl imate ▁Classification ▁sub type ▁for ▁this ▁climate ▁is ▁" C fa " ▁( H um id ▁Sub t rop ical ▁Cl imate ). ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 1 5 6 ▁people , ▁ 7 5 9 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 1 9 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 5 8 2 . 3 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 2 4 . 5 / km ²).