Elizabethtown, North Carolina

About Elizabethtown

Set in the southern part of North Carolina, Elizabethtown is a small town counting 3,290 people who proudly call it home.

Elizabethtown holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 5.33 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 617 residents per square mile.

📰 Elizabethtown News Today

• Tides of Time: How Leinwand’s Department Store became an Elizabethtown legacy WWAYTV3 · Aug 11
• Carlie C’s IGA to open in Elizabethtown bladenjournal.com · Jul 27
• Mrs. Gloria McGill Obituary | Majestic Funeral Home and Cremations | Elizabethtown, NC Tribute Archive · Aug 6
• Suspect hurt after drive-by shooting targets N.C. police de­partment, sheriff says Spectrum News · May 12
• Obituary information for Tontga T. LeSane Wiseman Mortuary · Apr 25

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Elizabethtown Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Elizabethtown — but the North Carolina one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southern North Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of North Carolina — one of 776 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 10 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Elizabethtown

• Pizza Hut — pizza
• Barefoot Brew (café)
• Corner Cafe (café)
• Giorgio's Restaurant & Pizza — pizza
• Hibachi Chinese
• Melvin's Hamburgers & Hot Dogs
• No. 1 Chinese
• Tokyo bistro — japanese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Elizabethtown

• Jones Lake State Park reviews ★
• Bladen County Park reviews ★
• Browns Creek Park reviews ★
• Greene's Lake Park reviews ★
• Quail Circle Mini-Park reviews ★
• Wrc Cape Fear Access Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Elizabethtown

• Bladen Lakes Primary
• East Bladen High
• Elizabethtown Middle
• Elizabethtown Primary
• Emereau: Bladen
• Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy

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

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Cape Fear Valley-Bladen County Hospital · 24/7 ER · Critical Access Hospitals

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Elizabethtown

🏘️ Nearby Communities