Elizabethtown, New York
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Elizabethtown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12932. It stands on The Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elizabethtown quadrangle. 746 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 558 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1894 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Elizabethtown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Essex County Municipal Complexlisted 2016
Hand-Hale Historic Districtlisted 1979
Hubbard Halllisted 1999
Population over time
2 figuresElizabethtown fell from 754 to 746 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 754 | |
| 2020 | 746 | -8 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1894 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1895 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1950 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Lake Champlain quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Champlain South quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Elizabethtown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | BALD MT FIRE |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | LIGHTNING HILL |
| 7 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | NA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Elizabethtown: 18 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabethtown-Westport Area | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Little Pond Mines | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Oak Hill Deposit | Iron, Titanium, Metal | Past Producer | 1810 | |
| Tunnel Mountain Mines | Iron, Titanium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Gates Mine | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Little Pond Mines | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Oak Hill Deposits | Iron, Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Tunnel Mountain Mines | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium | Occurrence | ||
| Dickinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lewis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elizabethtown in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Elizabethtown | $200,000 | Dept. of Highways and Emergency Management reported several roads damaged and/or washed out in and around the Elizabethtown, NY area due to 3 to 5 inches of excessive rainfall. These included, but were not limited to Lincoln Pond Rd. and Route 9N between US 9 and Old Military Rd. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabethtown | $10,000 | Trees down along side of road near the intersection of Back road and Wood Hill highway. |
| October 2020 | Hail | Elizabethtown | $10,000 | Public reported up to golf ball size hail fell with minor damage to vehicles. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabethtown | $10,000 | Numerous trees down. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabethtown | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabethtown | $5,000 | Several trees down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabethtown | $2,000 | Trees and utility lines downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Elizabethtown | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Elizabethtown | - | Nickel size hail reported. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Elizabethtown | - | Nickel size hail reported. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Russia | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Lewis | 4.3 miles | 23 | |
| Stowersville | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Wadhams | 7.0 miles | 31 | |
| Crowningshield | 8.3 miles | 23 | |
| Glenmore | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Westport | 8.5 miles | 31 | |
| Mineville | 9.3 miles | 28 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Elizabethtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472829 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 949484. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








