ELWOOD, a city of Madison county, Ind., U.S.A., 48m. N.E. of Indianapolis. It is served by the Nickel Plate, the Union Trac tion of Indiana and the Pennsylvania railways. The population was 10,790 in 1920 (96% native white) and was 10,685 in 1930 by the Federal census. It is an important shipping point for grain and live stock, and has large tinplate works, glass factories and various other manufacturing industries. The total factory output in 1927 was valued at $12,366,039. Elwood was settled in 1852 and was chartered as a city in 1891. Until 1869 it was known as Quincy. Between 1890 and 1900 the population grew from 2,284 to 12,95o, following the discovery of natural gas. Failure of the supply in 1903 caused a temporary decline in the amount of manufacturing and consequently in the population.