Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
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Elizabethtown is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 21 miles southeast of Harrisburg. Small factories had existed there at the turn of the century when the population in 1900 was 1,861. In 1910, 1,970 people lived in Elizabethtown. As of the 2000 census, the population of the borough is 11,887. Elizabethtown is almost always referred to by persons living in south-central Pennsylvania as "E-Town."[citation needed] This nickname also follows through to the local college and high school.
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[edit] General Information
- ZIP code: 17022
- Area code: 717
[edit] History
There are two stories about the origin of the town's name. In one version it is named after Elizabeth Reeby, wife of Michael Reeby who sold the first building lots here in about 1795. Another version has it named after the wife of Captain Barnabas Hughes who purchased a tavern here in 1750.
The officially accepted history is that, in 1753, Barnabus Hughes acquired land and laid out a town, naming it for his wife, Elizabeth.
[edit] Geography
Elizabethtown is located at (40.153207, -76.600431)GR1.
The borough has a total area of 6.8 km² (2.6 mi²). 6.7 km² (2.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.38% is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 11,887 people, 4,271 households, and 2,703 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1,765.2/km² (4,567.4/mi²). There were 4,483 housing units at an average density of 665.7/km² (1,722.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the borough was 96.32% White, 0.90% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 1.23% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. 1.45% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 4,271 households out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.7% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the borough the population was spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 18.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 17.1% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $42,752, and the median income for a family was $52,214. Males had a median income of $35,764 versus $26,316 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $18,384. About 3.3% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.
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