Elizabethtown (CDP), New York
Elizabethtown, New York | |
|---|---|
 United Church of Christ | |
 Location in Essex County and the state of New York. | |
| Coordinates: 44°12′59″N 73°35′26″W / 44.21639°N 73.59056°WCoordinates: 44°12′59″N 73°35′26″W / 44.21639°N 73.59056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Essex |
| Town | Elizabethtown |
| Village incorporated | 1876 |
| Village dissolved | 1981 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.31 sq mi (8.58 km2) |
| • Land | 3.31 sq mi (8.57 km2) |
| • Water | 0.004 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 560 ft (170 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 754 |
| • Density | 228/sq mi (88.0/km2) |
| ZIP code | 12932 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
Elizabethtown is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Elizabethtown in Essex County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 754 at the 2010 census,[3] out of a total town population of 1,163.
Elizabethtown is the county seat of Essex County[4] and the location of the town government. The name is from Elizabeth Gilliland, the wife of an early settler and investor, William Gilliland.[citation needed]
History[]
The community was developed by settlers moving deeper into the town from the first settlement in New Russia. Elizabethtown became the county seat in 1807. Due to the focus on government, the law profession was a prominent occupation after the middle of the 19th century.[1] Elizabethtown incorporated as a village in 1876,[1] but the village government dissolved itself in 1981.[2]
The courthouse[]
The Essex County Courthouse is located in Ellizabethtown. The night of December 6, 1859, John Brown's body lay there in state, with six local citizens, including Orlando Gibbons, as honor guard. The county later commissioned a life-size portrait of Brown, which hangs in the courthouse today (2021). "An early county clerk" framed these words from John Brown's last speech:
I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. I believe that to have interfered as I have done—as I have always freely admitted I have done—in behalf of His despised poor was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments—I submit; so let it be done![5]
Geography[]
Elizabethtown is in the northern part of the town, located at the junction of US Route 9 and NY 9N. The Boquet River (pronounced BO-kwet) flows past the east side of the hamlet.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Elizabethtown, NY". Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Center Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Local Government Handbook" (PDF). New York State Department of State. 2008. pp. PDF page 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elizabethtown CDP, New York". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved February 18, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ On the Trail of John Brown. What Mary Brown Saw: A Self-Guided Tour, "A cultural heritage tour developed by the and Adirondack Architectural Heritage", , Elizabethtown, New York, archived from the original on July 28, 2021, retrieved July 20, 2021CS1 maint: others (link)
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