Elizabethtown, Illinois

About Elizabethtown

Elizabethtown is a tiny community in southeastern Illinois counting 223 people who proudly call it home.

Elizabethtown holds the status of an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.7 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 319 residents per square mile.

📰 Elizabethtown News Today

• Helen Joyce Brutlag Obituary Feb 25, 2026 Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center · Feb 25
• Schedule - Hardin County Cougars (Elizabethtown, IL) Basketball 26-27 MaxPreps · Jul 20
• Search for southern Illinois man to continue with assistance from state police Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW) · Jan 16
• Jerry D. English Obituary Oct 27, 2025 - Reeves - Baskerville reevesfuneralhomes.com · Oct 27
• This Heavenly 6-Mile Trail in Illinois’ National Forest Is Worth the Effort Only In Your State · Oct 10

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Elizabethtown Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Elizabethtown — but the Illinois one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southeastern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Illinois — one of 1,461 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Elizabethtown

• E-Town River Restaurant — seafood
• Town & Country Restaurant — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Elizabethtown

• Iron Furnace reviews ★
• Justin Livingston Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Elizabethtown

• Hardin County Elem School
• Hardin County High School
• Hardin County Jr High School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Elizabethtown

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