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Elkhart is a city located about 100 miles due east of Chicago in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It has the larger population of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area, in a region commonly known as Michiana. The city has a population of 51,874 as of the 2000 census. Despite the name, Goshen, located about 10 miles south of Elkhart, is the county seat of Elkhart County.