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Elizabeth is a city in and the county seat of Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
Make the city of Elizabeth, NJ your next vacation destination. Find hotels, dining, and attractions including historical sites, downtown Elizabeth NJ, and the Mills at Jersey Gardens mall.
- Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University. Journey back in time at this 23-acre National Historic site and immerse yourself in over 240 years of American history.
- Boxwood Hall. Stop by the free-to-visit Boxwood Hall, where you’ll learn more about pre-revolutionary life in New Jersey. The Hall famously welcomed the likes of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and other early American dignitaries.
- The Mills at Jersey Gardens. Embrace your inner fashionista as you shop (and save!) at New Jersey's largest premium outlet mall, featuring over 200 stores offering unbeatable deals.
- Warinanco Park. Designed by Frederick Olmsted, the famed architect behind New York’s Central Park, this 204-acre park offers ample ways to explore the great outdoors.
Elizabethtown becomes a formal settlement, the first permanent English community in New Jersey. They had benefited from the transfer of power from Dutch to English with the British capture of New Amsterdam.
Elizabethtown, named in honor of the wife of Sir George Carteret, was established on the banks of the Elizabeth River. Elizabethtown thrived with a population of 700 and the City became the first capital of New Jersey.
From its start as the first permanent British settlement in New Jersey, the town has been steeped in rich history—and as a result of the community's commitment to preserving that history, Elizabeth has inherited beautiful architecture, cultural events, and a sense of itself that few suburban cities can boast.
1664 Elizabethtown becomes a formal settlement, the first permanent English community in New Jersey. They had benefited from the transfer of power from Dutch to English with the British capture of New Amsterdam.
