Elizabeth Township, New Jersey
Place
Elizabeth Township, also called Elizabethtown, was a township that existed in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, from 1664 until 1855.The area was initially part of the Elizabethtown Tract, purchased from the Lenape on October 28, 1664.Elizabeth-Town Township was formed on October 31, 1693, while the area was still within Essex County.