Elizabeth

History

Elizabeth Town was founded in 1787 by Samuel Mackay, Colonel Stephen Bayard and his wife Elizabeth Mackay Bayard (for whom the town was named). Elizabeth was one of the first seven townships organized by Allegheny County the following year; the others being Moon, St. Clair, Mifflin, Versailles, Plum, and Pitt. The original Elizabeth Township comprised the entire triangle of land between the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers. In addition to present-day Elizabeth Borough and Elizabeth Township, this also included areas which are now Forward Township, Lincoln Borough, Port Vue Borough, Liberty Borough, the City of Glassport, and the Tenth Ward of the City of McKeesport. In 1803, the keelboat used for the first stages of the Lewis and Clark Expedition was built in Elizabeth. (This claim is disputed by the city of Pittsburgh, which makes a similar claim. See references below.) On April 2, 1834, a charter was issued to incorporate the Town of Elizabeth as a borough. In 1869, Forward Township and Lincoln Township were separated from Elizabeth Township. Among the earliest industries of Elizabeth were glass making, safe making, steamboat building, and ship building. Steamboats were built and repaired at O'Neil & Company from as early as 1895, and the Elizabeth Marine Ways operated between at least 1898 to 1925. The town had two coal inclines in 1876, the O'Neil and Company Coal Incline on pool 1, and the Lobb's Run Incline on pool 2. From 1956 to 1963, Elizabeth was the location of a Nike anti-aircraft missile site (). *Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church *Bethesda United Presbyterian Church Of Elizabeth *Elizabeth Baptist Church *Elizabeth United Methodist Church *Elizabeth Wesleyan Church *First Presbyterian Church Of Elizabeth – founded 1851

Geography

Elizabeth is located at (40.271189, -79.886347). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and , or 14.63%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Baldwin SHS
  High · Pittsburgh · 2,086 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• Bethel Park HS
  High · Bethel Park · 1,338 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• J.E. Harrison Education Ctr
  Elementary · Pittsburgh · 1,143 students · 15.7:1 ratio
• McKeesport Area SHS
  High · McKeesport · 1,045 students · 16.9:1 ratio
• Thomas Jefferson HS
  High · Jefferson Hills · 949 students · 14.4:1 ratio
• West Mifflin Area HS
  High · West Mifflin · 936 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• Whitehall El Sch
  Elementary · Pittsburgh · 862 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• West Mifflin Area MS
  Middle · West Mifflin · 803 students · 13.8:1 ratio