Elizabethtown
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human settlement in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Bladen
- Mayor
- Sylvia Campbell
- Total
- 5.11 sq mi (13.24 km )
- Land
- 5.07 sq mi (13.13 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 118 ft (36 m)
- Density
- 650.2/sq mi (251.05/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Area codes
- 910, 472
- Fips code
- 37-20600
- Website
- www .elizabethtownnc .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Elizabethtown is a town in and the county seat of Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,296 at the 2020 census. Elizabethtown was chartered in 1773 on the west banks of the Cape Fear River, approximately halfway between Fayetteville and Wilmington, North Carolina. Tory Hole Park in downtown Elizabethtown was the site of the Battle of Elizabethtown, a pivotal victory for the Patriots in the American Revolutionary War that ended Loyalist control of the region. A former river port that primarily exported Naval stores and lumber, Elizabethtown is now a regional industrial and manufacturing hub centered around the Elizabethtown Airport Industrial Park, with many natural attractions that attract visitors year-round.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elizabethtown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.