Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Elizabethtown came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Elizabethtown in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elizabethtown. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Elizabethtown data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elizabethtown:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, an Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Elizabethtown was listed as Elizabethtown Courthouse.

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Elizabethtown was listed as Elizabethtown Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Elizabethtown was listed as Elizabethtown Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Elizabethtown. See our Misc Page for Elizabethtown for more information.