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Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Betzischteddel) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Harrisburg , the state capital. Small factories existed at the turn of the 20th century when the population in 1900 was 1,861.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 28.0 square miles (72.4 km 2), all land.The borough of Elizabethtown borders the township to the southwest, and the borough of Mount Joy borders the southern end of the township.
Lancaster County (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ɪ s t ər /; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.
Elizabeth, originally called "Elizabethtown" and part of the Elizabethtown Tract, was founded in 1664 by English settlers. The town was not named for Queen Elizabeth I as many people may assume, but rather for Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Carteret , [ 28 ] one of the two original Proprietors of the colony of New Jersey .
Elizabethtown is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,163 at the 2010 census. [2] The county seat of Essex County [3] is the hamlet of Elizabethtown, located in the northern part of the town. The name is derived from Elizabeth Gilliland, the wife of an early settler. Elizabethtown is in the east-central part of ...
The Elizabethtown Area School District is a school district in the Northwest corner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States that serves Elizabethown Borough and the townships of Conoy, and West Donegal, as well as the North and West part of Mount Joy Township. It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.
The area's first settler was Richard Carter, who settled by the mouth of the Conestoga River in 1716. Carter was born in Warwickshire, England. [3] Carter is given credit for naming the municipality "Warwick".The Buck Hill Farm Covered Bridge, and Zook's Mill Covered Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pennsylvania Route 743 (PA 743) is a north–south state route located in central Pennsylvania.The southern terminus is at PA 441 in Marietta.The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) near the East Hanover Township hamlet of Grantville though some signage has it continue north past Interstate 81 (I-81) to PA 443.