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Elizabeth, New Jersey
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(File:New Jersey - Elizabeth - NARA - 68144623 (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|left|Aerial view of Elizabeth in 1931)File:LOSSING(1876) p351 SINGER MANUFACTURING WORKS CO., ELIZABETHPORT, NJ.jpg|thumb|The 1876}}Elizabeth, originally called ”Elizabethtown” and part of the Elizabethtown Tract, was founded in 1664 by English settlers. The town was not named for Queen Elizabeth I as many people may assume, but rather for Elizabeth, wife of Sir George Carteret,EB1911, Elizabeth (New Jersey), Elizabeth, 9, 287, one of the two original Proprietors of the colony of New Jersey.DePalma, Anthony. “If You’re Thinking of Living in: Elizabeth” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221165310www.nytimes.com/1983/08/28/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-elizabeth.html |date=December 21, 2016 }}, The New York Times, August 28, 1983. Accessed December 21, 2011. “Elizabethtown, as it was originally called, missed the Elizabethan era by just 60 years and, in any event, the Elizabeth for whom it was named was not the queen but the wife of Sir George Carteret, who had received all the land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers as a gift.“Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115082401mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=12 |date=November 15, 2015 }}, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed August 30, 2015.Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112221620books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA116 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, p. 116. United States Government Printing Office, 1905. Accessed August 30, 2015. She was the daughter of Philippe de Carteret II, 3rd Seigneur de Sark and Anne Dowse. The town served as the first capital of New Jersey.Turner, Jean-Rae; and Koles, Richard T. Elizabeth: The First Capital of New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031023411books.google.com/books/about/Elizabeth.html?id=1F6iYssnaVkC |date=October 31, 2015 }}, Arcadia Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7385-2393-3}}. Accessed December 21, 2011. “Elizabeth, New Jersey is a city of firsts: first English-speaking colony in the state, first state capital, first home of Princeton University, and the site of the first shots fired after the Declaration of Independence.“During the American Revolutionary War, Elizabethtown was continually attacked by British forces based on Manhattan and Staten Island, culminating in the Battle of Springfield which decisively defeated British attempts to gain New Jersey. After independence, it was from Elizabethtown that George Washington embarked by boat to Manhattan for his 1789 inauguration.Staff. “Permanent Revolution; A tour of tea-party New York—the spirit of ‘76 kind.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408213414nymag.com/arts/books/features/robert-sullivan-my-american-revolution-2012-9/ |date=April 8, 2014 }}, New York, September 2, 2012. Accessed September 28, 2014. There are numerous memorials and monuments of the American Revolution in Elizabeth.Revolutionary War Sites in Elizabeth, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621173123revolutionarywarnewjersey.com/new_jersey_revolutionary_war_sites/towns/elizabeth_nj_revolutionary_war_sites.htm |date=June 21, 2011 }}, Revolutionary War New Jersey. Accessed September 28, 2014.On March 13, 1855, the City of Elizabeth was created by an act of the New Jersey Legislature, combining and replacing both Elizabeth Borough (which dated back to 1740) and Elizabeth Township (which had been formed in 1693), subject to the results of a referendum held on March 27, 1855. On March 19, 1857, the city became part of the newly created Union County. Portions of the city were taken to form Linden Township on March 4, 1861.Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey’s Civil Boundaries: 1606–1968 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605161833www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/enviroed/oldpubs/bulletin67.pdf |date=June 5, 2012 }}, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 238. Accessed July 9, 2012.The first major industry, the Singer Sewing Machine Company came to Elizabeth and employed as many as 2,000 people. In 1895, it saw one of the first car companies, when Electric Carriage and Wagon Company was founded to manufacture the Electrobat, joined soon by another electric car builder, Andrew L. Riker. The Electric Boat Company got its start building submarines for the United States Navy in Elizabeth, beginning with the launch of USS Holland (SS-1) in 1897. These pioneering naval craft (known as A-Class) were developed at Lewis Nixon’s Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth between the years 1896–1903.G.N. Georgano Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886–1930. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985). Elizabeth grew in parallel to its sister city of Newark for many years, but has been more successful in retaining a middle-class presence and was mostly spared riots in the 1960s.Staff. “2 New Jersey Cities Racked by Race Riots” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220025archives.chicagotribune.com/1964/08/13/page/7/article/2-new-jersey-cities-racked-by-race-riots/ |date=November 3, 2016 }}, Chicago Tribune, August 13, 1964. Accessed November 2, 2016.On September 18, 2016, a backpack holding five bombs was discovered outside NJ Transit’s Elizabeth train station. One bomb detonated accidentally when a bomb squad robot failed to disarm the contents of the backpack; no one was hurt. Police were initially unsure if this event was related to bombs in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and Manhattan that had exploded the previous day.Schweber, Nate; and Bromwich, Jonah Engel. “Pipe Bombs Found Near Train Station in Elizabeth, N.J., Official Says” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926013727www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/pipe-bombs-found-near-train-station-in-elizabeth-nj-official-says.html?_r=0 |date=September 26, 2016 }}, The New York Times, September 19, 2016. Accessed September 19, 2016. The bomb drama rattling the New York region arrived here Sunday night when two men walked out of Hector’s Place Restaurant near the city’s train station and found a backpack containing five explosives resting atop a municipal garbage can, Mayor J. Christian Bollwage said.... It was not yet known whether the backpack found here had any connection to a bomb that injured 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday night, or to a bomb nearby that failed to detonate, or to a bomb that went off Saturday morning in Seaside Park, N.J., without injuring anybody.“The following day, on September 19, police arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old Afghan-born naturalized U.S. citizen, for questioning in connection with all three incidents; the FBI considered Rahami, whose last known address was within {{convert|0.5|mi|1}} of the train station, to be armed and dangerous.Ahmad Khan Rahami {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919143938www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/ahmad-khan-rahami |date=September 19, 2016 }}, Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 17, 2016. Accessed September 19, 2016.Santora, Marc; Rashbaum, William K.; Baker, Al; and Goldman, Adam. “Ahmad Khan Rahami Is Arrested in Manhattan and New Jersey Bombings” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919124409www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/nyregion/nyc-nj-explosions-ahmad-khan-rahami.html |date=September 19, 2016 }}, The New York Times, September 19, 2016. Accessed September 25, 2016. “The frenzied end came on a rain-soaked street in Linden, N.J., four hours after the police issued an unprecedented cellphone alert to millions of people in the area telling them to be on the lookout for Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, who was described as ‘armed and dangerous’.... Mayor J. Christian Bollwage of Elizabeth, N.J., outside an apartment on Monday where Mr. Rahami was believed to have lived.”Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had a total area of 13.66 square miles (35.37 km2), including 12.32 square miles (31.91 km2) of land and 1.34 square miles (3.46 km2) of water (9.78%).Elizabeth is bordered to the southwest by Linden, to the west by Roselle and Roselle Park, to the northwest by Union and Hillside, to the north by Newark (in Essex County). To the east the city is across Newark Bay from Bayonne in Hudson County and the Arthur Kill from Staten Island, New York.Areas touching Elizabeth {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730232929global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010498/touches.html |date=July 30, 2020 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 30, 2020.Union County Municipal Profiles {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408173413ucnj.org/municipal-profiles/ |date=April 8, 2020 }}, Union County, New Jersey. Accessed March 30, 2020.New Jersey Municipal Boundaries {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, New Jersey Department of Transportation. Accessed November 15, 2019.The borders of Elizabeth, Bayonne, and Staten Island meet at one point on Shooters Island, of which {{convert|7.5|acres}} of the island is owned by Elizabeth, though the island is managed by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.Shooters Island {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218011537www.nycgovparks.org/parks/R128/highlights/12279 |date=February 18, 2012 }}, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed December 21, 2011. “Nine of the island’s 43 acres belong to New Jersey (Bayonne owns 7.5 acres, Elizabeth owns 1.5 acres).“The Elizabeth River is a waterway that courses through the city for {{convert|4.2|mi}} and is largely channelized, before draining into the Arthur Kill.REPORT, Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972,books.google.com/books?id=T909zeB4YLMC&q=Trotters+Lane+elizabeth+river&pg=SA2-PA23, February 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180206190236/https://books.google.nl/books?id=T909zeB4YLMC&pg=SA2-PA23&lpg=SA2-PA23&dq=Trotters+Lane+elizabeth+river&source=bl&ots=Yka3IH2stE&sig=PmI1Ohcgx241SsP7_FCE-EU73og&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG4Zuo4o_ZAhWRalAKHXfjBPYQ6AEIQzAC#v=onepage&q=Trotters%20Lane%20elizabeth%20river&f=false, February 6, 2018, live,Districts and neighborhoods
Midtown / Uptown
File:HerschTower.JPG|thumb|Art Deco Hersch TowerHersch TowerFile:Goethe’sBridge.JPG|thumb|Goethals BridgeGoethals BridgeMidtown, also occasionally known as Uptown, is the main commercial district and a historic section as well. It includes the First Presbyterian Church and St. John’s Episcopal Church, and its St. John’s Episcopal Churchyard. The First Presbyterian Church was a battleground for the American Revolution. Located here are also the 1931 Art Deco Hersh Tower,Goodnough, Abby. “New Jersey & Co.; In Elizabeth, Dusting Off an Art Deco Treasure” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414212152www.nytimes.com/1995/08/06/nyregion/new-jersey-co-in-elizabeth-dusting-off-an-art-deco-treasure.html |date=April 14, 2016 }}, The New York Times, August 6, 1995. Accessed September 28, 2014. “Hersh Tower was the tallest building in Elizabeth when Louis Hersh, an Elizabeth businessman, built it in 1931. (These days, only the Union County Court building is taller.)” the Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy, and the Ritz Theatre which has been operating since 1926. Midtown/Uptown includes the area once known as “Brittanville” which contained many English type gardens.Bayway
Bayway is located in the southern part of the city and borders the City of Linden. From US 1&9 and Allen Street, between the Elizabeth River and the Arthur Kill, it has maintained a strong Polish community for years. Developed at the turn of the 20th century, many of the area residents once worked at the refinery which straddles both Elizabeth and Linden. There are unique ethnic restaurants, bars, and stores along Bayway, and a variety of houses of worship. Housing styles are older and well maintained. There are many affordable two to four-family housing units, and multiple apartment complexes. The western terminus of the Goethals Bridge, which spans the Arthur Kill to Staten Island can be found here. A small section of the neighborhood was isolated with both the completion of the Goethals Bridge in 1928 and the construction of the New Jersey Turnpike in the 1950s.Downtown / Elizabethport
(File:Park on Court St. in Elizabeth, NJ.jpg |thumb|School # 1 seen in the distance from the park on Court Street)File:Snyder Academy.jpg|thumb|Snyder AcademySnyder AcademyDowntown / E-Port (a.k.a. The Port and Elizabethport) is the oldest neighborhood in Elizabeth. It consists of a collection of old world Elizabethan, new American colonial-style houses and apartment buildings that stretch east of 7th Street to its shores. The name is derived from its dependence on businesses catering to seagoing ventures. It was a thriving center of commerce between the 1660s through the middle of the 20th century. This area has had a great deal of improvement since 2000. Many homes have been renovated or been replaced with new, more ornate structures. Federal housing projects that stood for decades along First Street have been demolished and replaced with low to moderate income housing. The waterfront is home to new town homes and two-family homes (duplexes).The area was once three distinct neighborhoods: Buckeye, Diamondville, and New Mexico. It was the US home of the Singer Manufacturing Company, makers of Singer sewing machines, which constructed a {{convert|1400000|sqft|adj=on}} facility on a {{convert|32|acres|adj=on}} site in 1873. Shortly after it opened, the factory manufactured the majority of all sewing machines worldwide. With 6,000 employees working there in the 1870s, it employed the largest number of workers at a single facility in 1873. The company moved out of Elizabeth in 1982.Hatala, Greg. “Made in Jersey: Singer sewing machines had the market sewn up” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415181803www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2013/11/made_in_jersey_singer_sewing_m.html |date=April 15, 2016 }}, The Star-Ledger, November 18, 2013. Accessed September 19, 2016. “In 1873, the Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. purchased 32 acres of land in Elizabeth and established its first factory in the United States (the company also had a plant in Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland).... In 1982, the last 560 workers at the 1,400,000 square foot Elizabeth factory were laid off and the facility closed.“Elizabeth Marina, which was once filled with trash and debris along its walkway, was also restored. It is the site of year-round celebrations from a Hispanic festival in late spring to the lighting of a Christmas tree in winter. Living conditions in this area continue to improve year after year. Historically, there were immigrant communities centered around Christian churches. The Slavic community was centered by Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine, the Lithuanian community attended Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic and the Polish community attended St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church which still stands. St. Patrick Church, originally Irish, dominates the ‘Port; the cornerstone for the second and current building was laid in 1887.Elizabeth, NJ – A Concise Historical Overview {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513113117visithistoricalelizabethnj.org/timeline.htm |date=May 13, 2011 }}, Visit Historical Elizabeth, NJ. Accessed September 19, 2016. “St. Patrick’s Church, a Roman Catholic parish since 1858, laid the cornerstone of its present church in 1887. The imposing twin-spired structure, designed by William Shickel imitating the Cologne Cathedral, took thirteen years to complete and used Maine granite.”Elmora and The West End
(File:Warinanco boathouse jeh.JPG|thumb|left|Warinanco Park in Elmora)Elmora is a middle/working-class neighborhood in the western part of Elizabeth. The main thoroughfare, Elmora Avenue, offers restaurants, shops and boutiques. Several high-rise building complexes, affording views of the New York City skyline, dot the edge of this neighborhood and are accessible to the Elizabeth station. The neighborhood area forms a “V” from its approximate borders of the Central Railroad tracks to Rahway Avenue.(File:Elizabeth St. Patricks Church.jpg|right|thumb|St. Patrick’s Church, Elizabethport)Elmora’s modern Orthodox community
The Elmora section of Elizabeth is home to a large Modern Orthodox community. The Jewish Educational Center of Elizabeth was founded in 1941 by a Latvian-born rabbi, Pinchas Mordechai Teitz, who arrived to lecture in to the city’s then-small Orthodox community in the 1930s.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/1995/12/29/nyregion/rabbi-pinchas-m-teitz-87-founder-of-schools.html, Rabbi Pinchas M. Teitz, 87, Founder of Schools, Saxon, Wolfgang, 1995-12-29, The New York Times, 0362-4331, 2016-03-23, August 23, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210823023436/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/29/nyregion/rabbi-pinchas-m-teitz-87-founder-of-schools.html, live, WEB,www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/builders-jared-kushner, The Builders, March 24, 2020, August 23, 2021, March 11, 2022,web.archive.org/web/20220311022559/https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/builders-jared-kushner, live,Elmora Hills
The northwestern part of Elmora is known as Elmora Hills. It is a strongly middle- to upper-middle-class neighborhood. Originally called Shearerville, the name Elmora came from the developers of the area, the El Mora Land Company. This area was annexed from Union Township, returning to Elizabeth in the early part of the 20th century. This was done to increase the city’s tax base as major improvements to infrastructure were necessary at the time.Frog Hollow
Frog Hollow is a small community of homes east of Atlantic Street, west of the Arthur Kill, and south of Elizabeth Avenue. Its name is derived from the frogs that could be caught in its marshes as well as the oyster and fishing of the past. The area expanded east and includes the area formerly known as Helltown. Helltown included many of the docks and shipyards, as well as several drydocks. The area’s developer was Edward N. Kellogg, who also laid out the neighborhood in Keighry Head. Frog Hollow contains older-style, more affordable homes, rentals, and some quality restaurants in a working-class community. The statue honoring former Mayor Mack on Elizabeth Avenue is a landmark in the community. Frog Hollow is also convenient to the Veteran’s Memorial Waterfront Park.Keighry Head
Its name is attributed to James Keighry of the Isle of Kerry, Ireland. He owned a business facing the square formed at the junction of Jackson, Madison, Chestnut and Magnolia Avenues. The approximate borders of this neighborhood extended north from East Grand Street to Flora Street and from Walnut to Division Street. Developed by Edward N. Kellogg, many of the streets were named after family and friends. Keighry Head is located close to Midtown, containing affordable one and two-family homes, and apartment houses, convenient to the Midtown shopping district, and transportation. (File:Elizabeth soldier monument jeh.JPG|thumb|left|upright|War monument; north Elizabeth)North End / North Elizabeth
The North End, also known as “North Elizabeth”, is a diverse working-class neighborhood. The borders are approximately the Arch north to the city line between North Broad Street and US 1&9. It was developed mostly in the 1920s for workers in the Duesenberg automobile plant (later Durant Auto, Burry Biscuits and Interbake Foods). The area was heavily settled by the Irish and then Portuguese. The North End has easy access to New York City and Newark via its own NJ Transit train station, Routes 1 and 9 and the New Jersey Turnpike. The neighborhood also has Crane Square, the Historic Nugents Tavern, and Kellogg Park, and is within close proximity to Newark Liberty International Airport. There is a current plan to develop the former Interbake Foods facility into shopping and residential townhouses and condominiums. This community contains many larger one and two-family homes that have been rebuilt over the past decade. North Elizabeth also features many well-kept apartment houses and condominium units on and around North Avenue that are home to professionals who work in New York or the area. The only Benedictine women’s community in New Jersey is located at Saint Walburga Monastery on North Broad Street.Peterstown
(File:Minuteman statue Union Sq Eliz jeh.jpg|thumb|War memorial in Union Square)Peterstown (also known as “The Burg“) is a middle/working-class neighborhood in the southeastern part of the city. Its borders run west of Atlantic Street to South Spring Street from 1st Avenue to the Elizabeth River. Its name is derived from John Peters, who owned most of the land with George Peters. They divided the land and developed it during the end of the 19th century. The area was once predominantly occupied by its earliest settlers, who were German, and during the 1920s was gentrified by newly immigrated Italians. Peterstown has clean, quiet streets and has many affordable housing opportunities with a “village” feel. The area contains the historic Union Square, which is home to produce stands, meat markets, fresh fish and poultry stores. Peterstown is also home of the DeCavalcante crime family, one of the most infamous Mafia families in the United States.The Point / the Crossroads
The Point, formally known as the Crossroads, is centrally located and defined by New Point Road and Division Street. It is close to Midtown and contains many new affordable two-family homes, apartment houses and is undergoing a transformation. The former Elizabeth General Hospital site is currently being demolished and awaiting a new development.Quality Hill
Home to St. Mary’s and the “Hilltoppers”, this area once was lined with mansions. Its approximate borders were South Broad Street to Grier Avenue and Pearl Street to what is now US 1&9. During its development in the 1860s it was the most fashionable area of the city to live. It is now a quiet middle class community experiencing a re-development with many new condominiums.Westminster
Developed by Edward J. Grassman, Westminster got its name from the city’s largest residential estates of the Tudor style and was inhabited by many residents who traced their ancestry to England. This neighborhood borders Hillside with the Elizabeth River running its border creating a dramatic splash of greenery and rolling hills off of North Avenue, near Liberty Hall. Residents use this area for recreation, whether it is at the newly christened Phil Rizzuto Park area, or for bird watching or for sunbathing by the river. It is one of the more affluent areas of Elizabeth.Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and cool to cold winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Elizabeth straddles the boundary between a humid subtropical climate and a hot-summer humid continental climate.Climate Summary for Elizabeth, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630174822www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=725023&cityname=Elizabeth%2C+New+Jersey%2C+United+States+of+America&units= |date=June 30, 2014 }}, Weatherbase.com. Accessed August 14, 2014.Demographics
{{US Census population|1810= 2977|1820= 3515|1830= 3455|1840= 4184|1850= 5583|1860= 115672010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 124,969 people, 41,596 households, and 29,325 families in the city. The population density was {{convert|10144.1|/sqmi}}. There were 45,516 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3694.7|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup was 54.65% (68,292) White, 21.08% (26,343) Black or African American, 0.83% (1,036) Native American, 2.08% (2,604) Asian, 0.04% (52) Pacific Islander, 16.72% (20,901) from other races, and 4.59% (5,741) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 59.50% (74,353) of the population. Elizabeth had the tenth-highest percentage of Hispanic residents among municipalities in New Jersey in 2010.Mascarenhas, Rohan. “Census data shows Hispanics as the largest minority in N.J.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826100212www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/census_data_shows_hispanics_as.html |date=August 26, 2013 }}, The Star-Ledger, February 3, 2011. Accessed August 15, 2013.Of the 41,596 households, 37.0% had children under the age of 18; 39.2% were married couples living together; 22.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 29.5% were non-families. Of all households, 23.5% were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.43.25.6% of the population were under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.2 years. For every 100 females, the population had 98.6 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.8 males.The Census Bureau’s 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $43,770 (with a margin of error of +/− $1,488) and the median family income was $46,891 (+/− $1,873). Males had a median income of $32,268 (+/− $1,205) versus $27,228 (+/− $1,427) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,196 (+/− $604). About 14.7% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.5% of those under age 18 and 18.5% of those age 65 or over.DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Elizabeth city, Union County, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212085247factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0600000US3403921000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 9, 2012.2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 120,568 people, 40,482 households, and 28,175 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|9,865.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 42,838 housing units at an average density of {{convert|3,505.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 55.78% White, 19.98% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American, 2.35% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 15.51% from other races, and 5.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 49.46% of the population.Census 2000 Profiles of Demographic / Social / Economic / Housing Characteristics for Elizabeth city {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601222717censtats.census.gov/data/NJ/1603421000.pdf |date=June 1, 2012 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 9, 2012.DP-1: Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 – Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for Elizabeth city, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212092415factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/1600000US3421000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed July 9, 2012.Colombia is the nation of birth for the highest number of foreign-born inhabitants of Elizabeth; it was the birthplace of 8,731 Elizabeth residents as of the 2000 Census. This exceeded the combined total of 8,214 for Mexican and Central American immigrants. It also far exceeded the next highest single nation count of Cuba at 5,812. The highest number for a non-Spanish speaking country and third highest overall was Portugal, whose native-born immigrants numbered 4,544. The next largest groups were Salvadoran immigrants numbering 4,043, Peruvians at 3,591 and Dominican immigrants, of whom there were 3,492.PCT019 – Place Of Birth For The Foreign-Born Population Universe: Foreign-born population from the Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) – Sample Data for Elizabeth city, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212102935factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF3/PCT019/1600000US3421000 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed August 15, 2013.There were 40,482 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 19.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.45.In the city the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 33.7% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.1 males.The median income for a household in the city was $35,175, and the median income for a family was $38,370. Males had a median income of $30,757 versus $23,931 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,114. About 15.6% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.Economy
(File:ElizabethNJIndustry.JPG|thumb|The industrial region in eastern Elizabeth)Since World War II, Elizabeth has seen its transportation facilities grow; the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is one of the busiest ports in the world, as is Newark Liberty International Airport, located in both Newark and Elizabeth. Elizabeth also features Little Jimmy’s Italian Ices (since 1932), The Mills At Jersey Gardens outlet mall, Loews Theater, and the Elizabeth Center, which generate millions of dollars in revenue. Companies based in Elizabeth included New England Motor Freight.Together with Linden, Elizabeth is home to the Bayway Refinery, a Phillips 66 refining facility that supplies petroleum-based products to the New York/New Jersey area, producing approximately {{convert|230000|oilbbl|m3}} per day.“Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery; Providing Energy – Improving Lives” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106170759njbmagazine.com/special-sections/2020-profiles-in-success/phillips-66-bayway-refinery/ |date=January 6, 2022 }}, New Jersey Business, November 24, 2020. Accessed January 6, 2022. “Named after a nearby neighborhood spanning the cities of Linden and Elizabeth, the Bayway Refinery has been providing residents and businesses in the region with a variety of products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, home heating oil, propane, butane, plastics and other products which have been improving people’s lives for more than a century.“Celadon, a mixed-use development containing 14 glass skyscrapers, offices, retail, a hotel, boardwalk and many other amenities is proposed to border the east side of The Mills at Jersey Gardens, directly on the Port Newark Bay. Groundbreaking was scheduled for the summer of 2008 on the ferry, roads and parking, and construction was planned to continue for at least twelve years. As of 2021 this project has not started construction and there is no recent news about Celadon, so it is assumed that this project has been canceledHarrison, Brianne. “$2B MXD Planned for Elizabeth Waterfront” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612083517www.globest.com/news/1091_1091/newjersey/168147-1.html |date=June 12, 2012 }}, GlobeSt.com, February 11, 2008. Accessed February 28, 2008.Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. Elizabeth was selected in 1983 as one of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112140210www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q%26a_052709.pdf |date=January 12, 2016 }}, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. “The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) was enacted in 1983. It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority: Camden, Newark, Bridgeton, Trenton, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Kearny, Orange and Millville/Vineland (joint zone).” In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the {{frac|6|5|8}}% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.Urban Enterprise Zone Program {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721130311www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ |date=July 21, 2019 }}, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed October 27, 2019. “Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018” Established in November 1992, the city’s Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in November 2023.Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923185010www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf |date=September 23, 2019 }}, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Accessed January 8, 2018.Government
File:Elizabeth City Hall.jpg|thumb|City Hall, (Eggers & Higgins]], architects, 1940.American City 1941: 23.)Local government
The City of Elizabeth is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government. The city is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, Rutgers University Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023. The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the City Council. The Elizabeth City Council includes nine members, who are elected to serve four-year terms of office on a staggered basis with elections held in even-numbered years. The mayor and the three council members elected at-large come up for election together in leap years and two years later the six members who are elected from each of Elizabeth’s six wards are all up for election.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 90.“Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 10. Rutgers University Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.{{As of|2024}}, the city’s Mayor is Democrat Chris Bollwage, a lifelong resident of Elizabeth who is serving his eighth term as Mayor, serving a term of office that ends December 31, 2024.Our Mayor {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731001210www.elizabethnj.org/271/Our-Mayor |date=July 31, 2020}}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed February 20, 2024. City Council members are Council President Carlos L. Torres (First Ward; D, 2026), Carlos Cedeño (Fourth Ward; D, 2026), Frank J. Cuesta (at-large; D, 2024), William Gallman Jr. (Fifth Ward; D, 2026), Nelson Gonzalez (Second Ward; D, 2026), Manny Grova Jr. (at-large; D, 2024), Kevin Kiniery (Third Ward; D, 2026), Frank O. Mazza (Sixth Ward; D, 2026), and Patricia Perkins-Auguste (at-large; D, 2024).City Council {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731005631www.elizabethnj.org/215/City-Council |date=July 31, 2020 }}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed February 20, 2024.2023 Municipal Data Sheet , City of Elizabeth. Accessed November 20, 2022.Union County Elected Officials {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305063113www.unioncountyvotes.com/elected-officials/ |date=March 5, 2020 }}, Union County, New Jersey Clerk. Accessed February 19, 2024.General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results, Union County, New Jersey, updated November 21, 2022. Accessed February 19, 2024.General Election November 3, 2020 Official Results {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228052106results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Union/107155/web.262169/#/summary |date=December 28, 2021 }}, Union County, New Jersey, updated December 14, 2020. Accessed January 23, 2022.Bollwage, who has served as mayor of Elizabeth since 1992, was paid an annual salary of $152,564 in 2016, placing him among the three highest-paid mayors in the state and the only mayor in Union County to earn annual compensation in excess of $100,000.Cervenka, Susanne. “These NJ mayors make 6-figure salaries from taxpayers. Is yours one of them?” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001134136www.app.com/story/news/investigations/data/2017/07/31/nj-mayors-6-figure-salaries/504787001/ |date=October 1, 2023 }}, Asbury Park Press, July 31, 2017. Accessed October 11, 2017. “3. Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, $160,086.... Bollwage collected $152,564 last year from Elizabeth, a 125,000-population city where he’s been mayor since 1992.“Haydon, Tom; and Lannan, Katie. “How much are Union County mayors paid?” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011234028www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2015/05/position_mayor_salary_range_zero_to_over_100000_in.html |date=October 11, 2017 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 12, 2015. Accessed October 11, 2017. “A review of mayors’ salaries across Union County shows the numbers range from a low of zero to high of $148,060 for Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, the top elected official in the city of 125,800 residents, the fourth largest municipality in the state. He is the only municipal chief executive in the county making six figures.”Federal, state and county representation
Elizabeth is located in the 8th Congressional DistrictPlan Components Report {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219202014www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf |date=February 19, 2020 }}, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020. and is part of New Jersey’s 20th state legislative district.Municipalities Sorted by 2011-2020 Legislative District {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120165412www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2011-legislative-districts/towns-districts.pdf |date=November 20, 2021 }}, New Jersey Department of State. Accessed February 1, 2020.2019 New Jersey Citizen’s Guide to Government {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105221009uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5bae63366fd2b2e5b9f87e5e/5d30f0a94a82c66427e564d2_2019_CitizensGuide.pdf |date=November 5, 2019 }}, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed October 30, 2019.Districts by Number for 2011–2020 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714024328www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#20 |date=July 14, 2019 }}, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 6, 2013. Prior to the 2010 Census, Elizabeth had been split between the {{ushr|NJ|10|10th Congressional District}} and the {{ushr|NJ|13|13th Congressional District}}, a change made by the New Jersey Redistricting Commission that took effect in January 2013, based on the results of the November 2012 general elections.2011 New Jersey Citizen’s Guide to Government {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604153059www.lwvnj.org/images/cg_2011.pdf#page=57 |date=June 4, 2013 }}, p. 57, New Jersey League of Women Voters. Accessed May 22, 2015.{{NJ Congress 08}} {{NJ Senate}}{{NJ Legislative 20}}{{NJ Union County Commissioners}}Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 44,415 registered voters in Elizabeth, of which 24,988 (56.3% vs. 41.8% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,430 (5.5% vs. 15.3%) were registered as Republicans and 16,985 (38.2% vs. 42.9%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 12 voters registered to other parties.Voter Registration Summary – Union {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715152159www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-union-co-summary-report.pdf |date=July 15, 2014 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed May 6, 2013. Among the city’s 2010 Census population, 35.5% (vs. 53.3% in Union County) were registered to vote, including 47.8% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.6% countywide).GCT-P7: Selected Age Groups: 2010 – State – County Subdivision; 2010 Census Summary File 1 for New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212202223factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTP7.ST16?slice=GEO~0400000US34 |date=February 12, 2020 }}, United States Census Bureau. Accessed May 6, 2013.In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 24,751 votes (80.8% vs. 66.0% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 5,213 votes (17.0% vs. 32.3%) and other candidates with 166 votes (0.5% vs. 0.8%), among the 30,640 ballots cast by the city’s 50,715 registered voters, for a turnout of 60.4% (vs. 68.8% in Union County).Presidential November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Union County {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201192205njelections.org/2012-results/2012-presidential-union.pdf |date=February 1, 2014 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed May 6, 2013.njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-union.pdf" title="web.archive.org/web/20140201191259njelections.org/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-union.pdf">Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast November 6, 2012 General Election Results – Union County, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, March 15, 2013. Accessed May 6, 2013. In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 23,524 votes (74.3% vs. 63.1% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 7,559 votes (23.9% vs. 35.2%) and other candidates with 202 votes (0.6% vs. 0.9%), among the 31,677 ballots cast by the city’s 48,294 registered voters, for a turnout of 65.6% (vs. 74.7% in Union County).2008 Presidential General Election Results: Union County {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203203529www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2008-gen-elect-presidential-results-union.pdf |date=February 3, 2014 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 23, 2008. Accessed May 6, 2013. In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 18,363 votes (67.2% vs. 58.3% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 8,486 votes (31.0% vs. 40.3%) and other candidates with 144 votes (0.5% vs. 0.7%), among the 27,334 ballots cast by the city’s 45,882 registered voters, for a turnout of 59.6% (vs. 72.3% in the whole county).2004 Presidential Election: Union County {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203203756www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2004-presidential_union_co_2004.pdf |date=February 3, 2014 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 13, 2004. Accessed May 6, 2013.In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Democrat Barbara Buono received 63.2% of the vote (7,804 cast), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 35.5% (4,379 votes), and other candidates with 1.3% (163 votes), among the 13,592 ballots cast by the city’s 49,515 registered voters (1,246 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 27.5%.WEB,www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-union.pdf, Governor – Union County, January 29, 2014, New Jersey Department of Elections, December 24, 2014,www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-union.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150924134027www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-union.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150924134027www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-union.pdf, September 24, 2015, live, WEB,www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-union.pdf, Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Union County, January 29, 2014, New Jersey Department of Elections, December 24, 2014,www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-union.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20150924133323www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-union.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20150924133323www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-union.pdf, September 24, 2015, live, In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 10,258 ballots cast (66.8% vs. 50.6% countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 4,386 votes (28.6% vs. 41.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 376 votes (2.4% vs. 5.9%) and other candidates with 131 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 15,355 ballots cast by the city’s 46,219 registered voters, yielding a 33.2% turnout (vs. 46.5% in the county).2009 Governor: Union County {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017230050www.njelections.org/election-results/2009-governor_results-union.pdf |date=October 17, 2012 }}, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections, December 31, 2009. Accessed May 6, 2013.Police department
The Elizabeth Police Department was established in May 1858.The current Police Director is Earl Graves and the Chief of Police is Giacomo Sacca.WEB,m.usacops.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usacops.com%2Fnj%2Fp07201%2Findex.html&width=412, Elizabeth Police Department, December 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181206105300/https://m.usacops.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usacops.com%2Fnj%2Fp07201%2Findex.html&width=412, December 6, 2018, dead, The Table of Organization authorizes 365 officers,WEB,www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2017/01/10_recruits_3_officers_join_elizabeth_police_depar.html, 10 recruits, 3 officers join divided Elizabeth police department, January 6, 2017, December 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181206053518/https://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2017/01/10_recruits_3_officers_join_elizabeth_police_depar.html, December 6, 2018, live, including 9 captains, 21 lieutenants and 39 sergeants.WEB,www.state.nj.us/csc/about/meetings/decisions/pdf/2015/7-29-15/B-18.pdf, Request for Reconsideration, December 5, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181206102222/https://www.state.nj.us/csc/about/meetings/decisions/pdf/2015/7-29-15/B-18.pdf, December 6, 2018, live,Fire department
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Emergency medical services are provided by the Elizabeth Fire Department’s Division of Emergency Medical Services. This is a civilian division of the fire department and handles approximately 20,000 calls a year. The division is made up of an EMS chief, 5 supervisors, 28 full-time emergency medical technicians, and approximately 12 per-diem EMTs. The division, at its maximum staffing, aims to operate five ambulances and a supervisor on days (7 am–7 pm) and three ambulances and a supervisor on nights (7 pm–7 am). They also operate the NJ EMS Task Force Medical Ambulance Bus #1.EMS {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305173601www.elizabethnj.org/157/EMS |date=March 5, 2022 }}, Elizabeth Fire Department. Accessed March 26, 2022.Hatzalah of Union County provides EMS primarily to the Elmora Hills neighborhood of Elizabeth, and certain sections of Hillside, Union and Roselle Park.About Us {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227042118www.hatzalahofunioncounty.org/about.php |date=February 27, 2022 }}, Hatzalah of Union County. Accessed March 26, 2022. “Hatzalah of Union County is a voluntary, not-for-profit emergency medical response team. Its primary goal is to provide rapid response, rapid treatment and rapid transport when called to medical emergencies in its primary response area encompassing parts of Elizabeth, Hillside, Roselle Park and Union Township.”Education
(File:ElizabethHighSchool.JPG|thumb|The John E. Dwyer Technology Academy and Dunn Sports Center)The city’s public schools are operated by Elizabeth Public Schools, serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. BurkeWhat We Do: History {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo#History |date=March 25, 2022 }}, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. “In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the “thorough and efficient” education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as ‘Abbott Districts’.” which are now referred to as “SDA Districts” based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.What We Do {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224335www.njsda.gov/About/WhatWeDo |date=March 25, 2022 }}, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022.SDA Districts {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325224328www.njsda.gov/Content/FactSheets/31_SDA_Districts.pdf |date=March 25, 2022 }}, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. Administration and operation of the district is overseen by a nine-member board of education. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district’s day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.Board of Education {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506020951www.epsnj.org/domain/72 |date=May 6, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed March 30, 2020. “The Board of Education shall be comprised of nine (9) members serving terms of three (3) years, as required by law.“As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of 36 schools, had an enrollment of 28,712 students and 2,173.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1.District information for Elizabeth Public Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731000348nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3404590&DistrictID=3404590 |date=July 31, 2020 }}, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020. High schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment data from the National Center for Education StatisticsSchool Data for the Elizabeth Public Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171123102408nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404590 |date=November 23, 2017 }}, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.) are Elizabeth High School Frank J. Cicarell AacdemyElizabeth High School Frank J. Cicarell Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164210www.epsnj.org/Domain/11 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (1,152; 9–12), J. Christian Bollwage Finance AcademyJ. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812161534www.epsnj.org/Domain/14 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (420; 9–12), John E. Dwyer Technology AcademyJohn E. Dwyer Technology Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162325www.epsnj.org/Domain/13 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (1,340; 9–12), Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical AcademyThomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164202www.epsnj.org/Domain/9 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed March 1, 2018. (872; 9–12), Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health and Public Safety AcademyAdmiral William F. Halsey Jr. Health and Public Safety Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162227www.epsnj.org/Domain/12 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (1,111; 9–12), Alexander Hamilton Preparatory AcademyAlexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164025www.epsnj.org/Domain/10 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (1,014; 9–12) and Thomas Jefferson Arts AcademyThomas Jefferson Arts Academy {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164008www.epsnj.org/Domain/8 |date=August 12, 2020 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020. (1,122; 9–12).District & School Buildings Directory {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103164039www.epsnj.org/Page/3217 |date=November 3, 2019 }}, Elizabeth Public Schools. Accessed August 11, 2020.New Jersey School Directory for the Elizabeth School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 1, 2024.With 5,300 students, Elizabeth High School had been the largest high school in the state of New Jersey and one of the largest in the United States, and underwent a split that created five new academies and a smaller Elizabeth High School under a transformation program that began in the 2009–2010 school year.Kwoh, Leslie. “Elizabeth High School to split into six different schools in September” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223748www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/elizabeth_high_school_to_split.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}, The Star-Ledger, January 15, 2009. Accessed December 21, 2011. “Elizabeth High School’s 5,300 students will be divided into six schools in September to alleviate overcrowding in the biggest school in New Jersey.” The school was the 294th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine’s September 2010 cover story on the state’s “Top Public High Schools”, after being ranked 302nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.Staff. “2010 Top High Schools” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222100534njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-high-schools-2010.html |date=February 22, 2015 }}, New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed December 21, 2011. Before the 2008–2009 school year, all of the district’s schools (except high schools) became K–8 schools, replacing the middle schools and elementary schools. SchoolDigger.com ranked Elizabeth 449th of 558 districts evaluated in New Jersey.“Schooldigger New Jersey District Ranking” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224120209www.schooldigger.com/go/NJ/district/04590/search.aspx |date=December 24, 2011 }}, Schooldigger.com. Accessed August 14, 2014.These and other indicators reveal a seriously declining performance standard in the city’s schools. Data reported by the state Department of Education showed that a majority of students in a majority of the Elizabeth public schools failed basic skills tests.“New Jersey’s statewide assessment program” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105011607www.nj.gov/education/assessment/ |date=January 5, 2012 }}, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 10, 2011.In the 2008–09 school year, Victor Mravlag Elementary School No. 21 was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2008 Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111030156www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2008/2008-schools.html |date=January 11, 2015 }}, United States Department of Education. Accessed April 13, 2011. the highest award an American school can receive.“CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department”, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. “The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state’s testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve.“”Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test”, The Washington Post. September 29, 2005. “For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school.” For the 2006–2007 school year, William F. Halloran Alternative School #22 was one of four schools in New Jersey recognized with the Blue Ribbon Award.No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2006 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210093059www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2006/2006-schools.html#nj |date=December 10, 2014 }}, United States Department of Education. Accessed April 13, 2011. William F. Halloran Alternative School #22 earned a second award when it was one of 11 in the state to be recognized in 2014 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.Goldman, Jeff. “Which N.J. schools were named to national ‘Blue Ribbon’ list?” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220200316www.nj.com/education/2014/10/which_nj_schools_were_named_to_national_blue_ribbon_list.html |date=December 20, 2014 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 2, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. “Eleven New Jersey schools have been named to the annual National Blue Ribbon list, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.“2014 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223085843www2.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/2014/national.pdf#page=17 |date=December 23, 2014 }}, United States Department of Education. Accessed December 31, 2014.Lannan, Aktie. “Elizabeth gifted and talented school earns National Blue Ribbon School designation” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101063919www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2014/10/elizabeth_gifted_and_talented_school_earns_national_blue_ribbon_school_designation.html |date=January 1, 2015 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 1, 2014. Accessed December 31, 2014. “Federal education officials designated the William F. Halloran Gifted and Talented School No. 22 as a National Blue Ribbon School, one of 337 selected nationwide based on academic excellence and progress in closing the achievement gap. This is the second time School 22 has received the honor in the past 10 years, according to the school department. It was first named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2006.” Terence C. Reilly School No. 7 was honored by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program in 2019, one of nine schools in the state recognized as Exemplary High Performing Schools;2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools Exemplary High Performing Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112164645nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/reports/2019/2019_exemplary_high_performing_schools.pdf#page=20 |date=November 12, 2019 }}, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed September 26, 2019. the school had previously won the honor in 2013.Private schools
Elizabeth is also home to several private schools. The coeducational St. Mary of the Assumption High School, which was established 1930,About Us {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112224833www.stmaryhsnj.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=287825&type=d&pREC_ID=661698 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, St. Mary of the Assumption High School. Accessed August 23, 2015. “In 1930 extensive renovation was made. A third story was added, the auditorium converted into a gymnasium and Saint Mary’s High School was born.” and the all-girls Benedictine Academy, which is run by the Benedictine Sisters of Saint Walburga Monastery,Home Page {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823135311www.benedictineacad.org/bacad/ |date=August 23, 2015 }}, Benedictine Academy. Accessed August 23, 2015. both operate under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.Union County Catholic High Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814013415catholicschoolsnj.org/high-school/union-county-catholic-high-schools/ |date=August 14, 2015 }}, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed August 23, 2015. The Newark Archdiocese also operates the K–8 schools Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy and St. Genevieve School, which was founded in 1926.Union County Catholic Elementary Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813230746catholicschoolsnj.org/elementary/union-elementary/ |date=August 13, 2015 }}, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed August 23, 2015.Saint Patrick High School was closed by the Newark Archdiocese in June 2012 due to increasing costs and declining enrollment. Administrators and parents affiliated with the defunct school came together to open an independent non-denominational school on Morris Avenue called “The Patrick School” in September 2012.History and Tradition {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611082836www.thepatrickschool.org/about/history-and-tradition |date=June 11, 2013 }}, The Patrick School. Accessed August 15, 2013.Stanmyre, Matthew. “Recently closed St. Patrick High closing in on new location” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203230420www.nj.com/hssports/blog/boysbasketball/index.ssf/2012/07/recently_closed_st_patrick_high_closing_in_on_new_location.html |date=February 3, 2014 }}, The Star-Ledger, July 20, 2012. Accessed August 15, 2013. “The Archdiocese of Newark—which had provided oversight for St. Patrick—decided to close the school June 30 because of dwindling enrollment and serious financial struggles. The Patrick School will re-open in the fall as a private school out of the Archdiocese’s oversight. The new school has commitments from about 150 students, Picaro said.“Araton, Harvey. “A Faith Is Tested, and Then Renewed” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330170024www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/sports/joe-picaro-is-rock-behind-patrick-school.html |date=March 30, 2017 }}, The New York Times, February 27, 2013. Accessed August 15, 2013. “To mark the one-year anniversary of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark’s announcement that it would close St. Patrick—forcing it to soldier on as the nondenominational, grades 7-to-12 Patrick School—Picaro’s beloved boys’ basketball team will begin state tournament play on Friday, a triumph in itself.“The Benedictine Preschool, operated by the Benedictine Sisters, is housed at Saint Walburga Monastery.About {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810005257benedictinepreschool.org/index.php?p=1_3_About |date=August 10, 2015 }}, Benedictine Preschool. Accessed August 23, 2015.The Jewish Educational Center comprises the Yeshiva of Elizabeth (nursery through sixth grades), the Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy (for boys in grades 6–12) and Bruriah High School (for girls in grades 7–12).Home Page {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914145343thejec.org/ |date=September 14, 2017 }}, Jewish Educational Center. Accessed September 19, 2017. “The Jewish Educational Center of Elizabeth, NJ provides Torah and Secular education to students from Nursery through 12th grade.Our three divisions include Yeshiva of Elizabeth, Bruriah High School for Girls, and Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy.“Princeton University was founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey.Princeton’s History {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403063306www.princeton.edu/main/about/history/ |date=April 3, 2016 }}, Princeton University. Accessed December 21, 2011.Libraries
The Elizabeth Public Library, the free public library with a main library, originally a Carnegie library, and three branchesLibraries {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829013716elizabethnj.org/services/libraries |date=August 29, 2014 }}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed September 28, 2014. had a collection of 384,000 volumes and annual circulation of about 115,000 in 2016.Elizabeth Public Library {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125184705www.librarytechnology.org/lwc-displaylibrary.pl?RC=6924 |date=November 25, 2012 }}, librarytechnology.org. Accessed November 2, 2016.Transportation
Roads and highways
(File:2021-05-26 13 11 53 View north along Interstate 95 (New Jersey Turnpike) from the overpass for North Avenue in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Northbound Interstate 95/New Jersey Turnpike in Elizabeth)Elizabeth is a hub of several major roadways including the New Jersey Turnpike / Interstate 95, Interstate 278 (including the Goethals Bridge, which carries Interstate 278 over the Arthur Kill between Elizabeth and Howland Hook, Staten Island), U.S. Route 1/9, Route 27, Route 28, and Route 439. Elizabeth’s own street plan, in contrast to the more usual grid plan, is to a large degree circular, with circumferential and radial streets centered on the central railroad station.{{As of|2010|5}}, the city had a total of {{convert|153.78|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|123.75|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|12.27|mi}} by Union County, {{convert|11.80|mi}} by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and {{convert|5.96|mi}} by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.Union County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112213627www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Union.pdf |date=November 12, 2013 }}, New Jersey Department of Transportation, May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.There are numerous crossings of the Elizabeth River. The city was once home to several smaller bascule bridges. The South First Street Bridge over the river, originally built in 1908, was replaced by a fixed span. The South Front Street Bridge, built in 1922, has been left in the open position since March 2011.South Front Street Bridge {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007074738www.bridgesnyc.com/2011/12/south-front-street-bridge/ |date=October 7, 2014 }}, BridgesNYC, December 20, 2011. Accessed March 16, 2015. A study is underway to determine if the bridge can be rehabilitated.about the project {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122212824www.southfrontstbridge.org/about_the_project.html |date=January 22, 2015 }}, South Front Street Bridge LCD Study. Accessed March 16, 2015. The bridge is notable in that it is the only remaining movable road bridge in Union County (movable railroad bridges still exist).Public transportation
File:Elizabeth, NJ-1.jpg|thumb|CNJ’s former Elizabeth Broad Street train station, completed in 1893 or 1894, with the current NJT station in the background]]Elizabeth is among the U.S. cities with the highest train ridership. It is served by NJ Transit on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Line. There are two active stations in Elizabeth. Elizabeth station, also called Broad Street Elizabeth or Midtown Station, is the southern station in Midtown Elizabeth.Elizabeth station {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009095352www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=41 |date=October 9, 2014 }}, NJ Transit. Accessed August 14, 2014. The other train station in Elizabeth is North Elizabeth station.North Elizabeth station {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009102045www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=TrainStationLookupFrom&selStation=109 |date=October 9, 2014 }}, NJ Transit. Accessed August 14, 2014.NJ Transit has planned a segment of the Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (NERL), designated as the Union County Light Rail (UCLR). The UCLR was planned to connect Elizabeth station with Newark Liberty International Airport and have seven or eight other stations in between within Elizabeth city limits.Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (A New Jersey Urban Core Project) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525234754ntl.bts.gov/lib/7000/7600/7625/chapters/njnewark.html |date=May 25, 2012 }}, November 1998. Accessed December 21, 2011.Union County Light Rail Proposal Takes A Step Forward: NJ Transit Board Approves Contract for Preparatory and Design Work of Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link’s Elizabeth Segment {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019090755www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=266 |date=October 19, 2011 }}, NJ Transit, July 11, 2001. Accessed December 21, 2011. A possible extension of this future line to Plainfield would link the city of Elizabeth with the Raritan Valley Line.NJ Transit provides bus service on the 111, 112, 113 and 115 routes to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, on the 40, 48, 59 and 62 routes to Newark, New Jersey, with local service available on the 26, 52, 56, 57 and 58 routes.www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesUnionCountyTo" title="web.archive.org/web/20100726183431www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesUnionCountyTo">Union County Bus / Rail Connections, NJ Transit, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 26, 2010. Accessed December 21, 2011. NJT also provides service between Elizabeth and Newark on the 24 route.Local media
WJDM at 1530 AM signed-on March 11, 1970, with studios at 9 Caldwell Place in Elizabeth. The station signed-off on January 30, 2019.WJDM-AM 1530 kHz {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018164040www.radio-locator.com/info/WJDM-AM |date=October 18, 2012 }}, Radio-Locator. Accessed August 23, 2015.News 12 New Jersey offers weather and news channels with coverage of the city.The Daily Journal was published in Elizabeth from 1779 to 1992, ending publication as circulation plummeted from a peak of 60,000.Strum, Charles. “With Local News and Memories, a Paper Ends Its Run” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091815www.nytimes.com/1992/01/04/nyregion/with-local-news-and-memories-a-paper-ends-its-run.html |date=October 14, 2018 }}, The New York Times, January 4, 1992. Accessed October 13, 1992. “The oldest newspaper in New Jersey, founded by a group of Revolutionary patriots in 1779, has died, and for the first time in 212 years, Elizabeth is without its own newspaper. The paper has had a series of owners and had a peak circulation of just over 60,000.”Public-access channel
Residents of Elizabeth can tune into the public-access television cable channel at any time to view public information, the city bulletin board, live meetings, important health information and tips. This service is provided by Optimum on channel 18. The channel also features the top ten ranked television shows, educational facts, quote of the day, gas price statistics, and tips for keeping the city safe and clean.In popular culture
- In the opening credits of the HBO crime drama The Sopranos, part of the city is shown.The Sopranos: Behind the Scenes – Inside the Opening Credits {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920000332www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/inside/behind-the-scenes/slideshow/inside-the-opening-credits.html?index=1 |date=September 20, 2016 }}, HBO. Accessed September 19, 2016.
- The city is the focal point of Elizabeth native Judy Blume’s 2015 novel In the Unlikely Event, the backdrop of which is three incidents that involved the crash of three commercial airliners in Elizabeth—1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash, American Airlines Flight 6780 and National Airlines Flight 101—that took place within a period of two months in late 1951 and early 1952.Hyman, Vicki. “How three planes crashed in three months in Elizabeth in ‘50s” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105083219www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2015/05/how_three_planes_crashed_in_elizabeth_in_50s.html |date=January 5, 2016 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 29, 2015. Accessed December 27, 2015. “One plane crash is a tragedy. Two in the same city is a catastrophe. And three is simply unfathomable. But that is just what happened in Elizabeth over a 58-day period in the early 1950s, a turbulent time for the historic city in the shadow of Newark Airport, and one that serves as the backdrop for Judy Blume’s new novel In the Unlikely Event.”
- Elizabeth is the hometown of Mary Dawn Dwyer Levov, the principal female character in Philip Roth’s 1997 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral.Roth, Philip. American Pastoral {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230011021books.google.com/books?id=7PbWX0gCQnIC&pg=PT408|date=December 30, 2016}}, p. 408. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997. {{ISBN|9780547415970}}. Accessed September 19, 2016. “I’m Mary Dawn Dwyer of Elizabeth, New Jersey. I’m twenty-two years old. I love your son. That is why I’m here.”
Notable people
{{Category see also|People from Elizabeth, New Jersey}}People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Elizabeth include:{{div col}}- Asad Abdul-Khaliq (born 1980), starting quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2000 to 2003Moran, Malcolm. “Minnesota keeps its cool with Abdul-Khaliq” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105104926pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/419632721.html?dids=419632721:419632721&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06,+2003&author=Malcolm+Moran&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Minnesota+keeps+its+cool+with+Abdul-Khaliq&pqatl=google |date=November 5, 2012 }}, USA Today, October 6, 2003. Accessed January 28, 2011. “Abdul-Khaliq, a senior from Elizabeth, N.J., and Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, has started 29 games.”
- Louis Abell (1884–1962), Olympic rowerLou Abell {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504093211www.olympedia.org/athletes/40526 |date=May 4, 2022 }}, Olympedia. Accessed July 13, 2022. “Born 21 July 1884 in Elizabeth, New Jersey (USA)”
- A. Bernard Ackerman (1936–2008), physician; a founding figure in the field of dermatopathologyHoffman, Jascha. “Bernard Ackerman, 72, Dies; Expert at Skin Diagnosis” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409123650www.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/health/11ackerman.html?_r=0 |date=April 9, 2016 }}, The New York Times, December 11, 2008. Accessed May 4, 2015. “Albert Bernard Ackerman was born on Nov. 22, 1936, in Elizabeth, N.J. He earned his undergraduate degree at Princeton and his medical degree at Columbia.”
- Ryan Adeleye (born 1985), Israeli-American professional soccer defender who has played for Hapoel AshkelonAmericans Playing Abroad {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030211120www.soccertimes.com/americans/list.htm |date=October 30, 2013 }}, Soccer Times, as of September 15, 2013. Accessed November 1, 2013. “Ryan Adeleye – defender – Hapoel Ashkelon – Elizabeth, N.J.”
- Matthias W. Baldwin (1795–1866), inventor and machinery manufacturer, specializing in the production of steam locomotives, whose machine shop, established in 1825, grew to become Baldwin Locomotive WorksCalkins, Wolcott. Memorial of Matthias W. Baldwin {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826234422archive.org/details/memorialofmatthi00calkiala |date=August 26, 2016 }}, p. 12. Accessed May 4, 2015. “He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, the tenth day of December, A. D. 1795.”
- Rick Barry (born 1944), basketball star who played for the New York Nets in the American Basketball Association and the Golden State Warriors in the NBAGoldaper, Sam. “Barry Is Main Catalyst in Nets’ Transformation”, The New York Times, April 23, 1972. Accessed January 9, 2024. “’New York carries great prestige and recognition,” said Barry. “I was born in Elizabeth, N. J., and grew up in Roselle Park and that must be about 40 miles from Long Island and I never heard of it.’”
- John D. Bates (born 1946), Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia“Judge John D. Bates: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001750heavy.com/news/2018/08/judge-john-d-bates/ |date=August 14, 2018 }}, Heavy.com, August 3, 2018. Accessed August 13, 2018. “Bates was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1946. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1968 and got his law degree from the University of Maryland in 1976.”
- Eugene J. Bedell (1928–2016), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1982Bramley, Bob. “Bedell takes pride in progress in Keansburg during past year” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206035251www.newspapers.com/clip/114179839/profile-of-eugene-j-bedell/ |date=December 6, 2022 }},The Daily Register, September 12, 1975. Accessed December 5, 2022,via Newspapers.com. “The borough manager, Eugene J. Bedell, moved here from Elizabeth during his boyhood in 1941.”
- Stephen Bercik (1921–2003), politician; mayor of Elizabeth from 1956 to 1964Devine, James. “City Mourns Former Mayor & Judge; Steve Bercik Meant Business For Elizabeth” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504193804njtoday.net/2003/06/25/city-mourns-former-mayor-judge/ |date=May 4, 2015 }}, News Record, June 25, 2003. Accessed May 4, 2015. “As mayor of Elizabeth from 1956 through 1964, Judge Bercik established the Elizabeth Human Relations Commission and led an unprecedented initiative to attract business to the city.”
- Benjamin Blackledge (1743–1815), educator and public officialHarvey, Cornelius Burnham. Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112134937books.google.com/books?id=EdoMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA127 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, p. 127. New Jersey Genealogical Publishing Company, 1900. Accessed May 4, 2015. “Benjamin Blackledge was born at Elizabethtown, N.J., August 25, 1743. While still a young man he went on foot from Elizabethtown to Closter and taught school there the first one in the northern part of Bergen County.”
- Judy Blume (born 1938), authorGoldblatt, Jennifer. “Blume’s Day” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528045417www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/nyregion/14NJ.html |date=May 28, 2015 }}, The New York Times, November 14, 2004. Accessed December 21, 2011. “And looking back at a childhood spent in the Elmora section of Elizabeth, Ms. Blume sees many signs that point toward a literary career: all her neighborhood streets were named for writers like Byron and Browning, her house on Shelley Avenue was stuffed with books, and she constantly conjured stories inside her head.”
- Duke Bootee (1951–2021), early hip hop record producer and rapperTraub, Alex. “Duke Bootee, Whose ‘Message’ Educated Hip-Hop, Dies at 69”, The New York Times, January 29, 2021. Accessed February 19, 2024. “In his mother’s basement one night, in the tough and increasingly impoverished city where he grew up, Elizabeth, N.J., Mr. Fletcher was smoking a joint with a friend and fellow musician, Jiggs Chase. Thinking about his hometown, he began piecing together a different approach to hip-hop.”
- Elias Boudinot (1740–1821), President of the Continental Congress; early U.S. CongressmanElias Boudinot {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822101044bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000661 |date=August 22, 2009 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed April 22, 2007.
- Todd Bowles (born 1963), head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former NFL defensive back with the Washington Redskins and San Francisco 49ersKnight, Joey. “A closer look at new Bucs head coach Todd Bowles” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229205431www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2022/03/30/a-closer-look-at-new-bucs-head-coach-todd-bowles/ |date=December 29, 2022 }},Tampa Bay Times, March 30, 2022. Accessed December 29, 2022. “Hometown: Elizabeth, N.J.”
- David Brody (born 1930), historian; professor emeritus of history at the University of California, DavisInventory of the David Brody Papers D-163 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504211611www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8gf0v88/entire_text/ |date=May 4, 2015 }}, Online Archive of California. Accessed May 4, 2015. “Dr. David Brody is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Davis and a renowned scholar in American labor history and industrial relations. Dr. Brody was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey to Ira and Barnet Brody on June 5th, 1930.”
- Hubie Brown (born 1933), former basketball coach and current television analyst“Knicks’ New Chief Executive And Their Coach” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702222849www.nytimes.com/1982/05/21/sports/knicks-new-chief-executive-and-their-coach.html |date=July 2, 2017 }}, The New York Times, May 21, 1982. Accessed December 21, 2011. “When Hubie Brown, the new coach of the Knicks, was growing up in Elizabeth, N.J., he learned about poverty.”
- Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825–1921), first woman to be ordained as a mainstream Protestant minister in the U.S.“Blackwell, Antoinette Louisa Brown (20 May 1825-5 Nov. 1921)” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303141509www.anb.org/articles/15/15-00064.html |date=March 3, 2015 }}, American National Biography. Accessed May 4, 2015. “After she resettled in New Jersey, she worked with Unitarians in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and made a grant of land for a house of worship. In 1908 the Elizabeth Society recognized her as minister emeritus of All Souls Church.”
- Richard Bober (1943–2022), artist best known for his work for science fiction, fantasy, and similar paperback novels“Richard Bober (1943-2022)” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907092301locusmag.com/2023/01/richard-bober-1943-2022/ |date=September 7, 2023 }}, Locus, January 9, 2023. Accessed September 4, 2023. “Artist Richard Bober, 79, died December 10, 2022. Bober was born August 18, 1943 in Elizabeth, NJ.”
- Robert Nietzel Buck (1914–2007), broke the junior transcontinental air speed record in 1930; youngest pilot ever licensed in the U.S.Fox, Margalit. “Robert N. Buck Dies at 93. Was Record-Setting Aviator.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513011000www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/20buck.html |date=May 13, 2016 }}, The New York Times, May 20, 2007. Accessed November 28, 2007. “Robert Nietzel Buck was born on Jan. 29, 1914, in Elizabethport, N.J., and reared in Westfield, N.J.”
- N. J. Burkett (born 1962), news correspondent for WABC-TVMason-Draffen, Carrie via Newsday. “What’s in a name? At work, an initial reaction” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203063908www.post-gazette.com/business/employment/2008/02/11/What-s-in-a-name-At-work-an-initial-reaction/stories/200802110210 |date=February 3, 2015 }}, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 11, 2008. Accessed January 23, 2015. “Newton Jones Burkett III, a correspondent for New York’s WABC-TV news station, became N.J. Burkett in a sort of Hollywood moment almost 19 years ago.... Mr. Burkett, who did grow up in Elizabeth, N.J., said he looked at the person dumbfounded and said, ‘That’s right – my mother named her son New Jersey.’”
- William Burnet (1730–1791), physician who represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1781William Burnet {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513234333bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001118 |date=May 13, 2011 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.
- Arthur Leopold Busch (1866–1956), submarine pioneer who constructed the USS Holland SS-1Submarine Pioneers {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201115509www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/history/pioneers3.html |date=February 1, 2015 }}, United States Navy Submarine Warfare Division. Accessed January 28, 2011.
- Deidre Davis Butler (1955–2020), lawyer, disability rights activist and federal officialGenzlinger, Neil. “Deidre Davis Butler, Who Fought for Disability Rights, Dies at 64; A wheelchair user herself, she helped draft a landmark law and held government posts championing people with disabilities, especially those of color.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823183847www.nytimes.com/2020/08/21/us/deidre-davis-butler-who-fought-for-disability-rights-dies-at-64.html |date=August 23, 2020 }}, The New York Times, August 21, 2020. Accessed August 23, 2020. “Deidre Ann Davis was born on Sept. 26, 1955, in Elizabeth, N.J., to Hilton and Bernice (Jones) Davis and grew up in nearby Linden.”
- James G. Butler (1920–2005), trial lawyer who was known for winning many large verdicts for plaintiffs in civil litigation, including the first in a thalidomide caseNelson, Valerie J. “James Butler, 84; Groundbreaking Lawyer, Activist, Art Collector” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231180928articles.latimes.com/2005/jun/04/local/me-butler4 |date=December 31, 2013 }}, Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2005. Accessed May 4, 2015. “James Girard Butler was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Elizabeth, N.J.”
- Nicholas Murray Butler (1862–1947), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; a founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceNicholas Murray Butler: The Nobel Peace Prize 1931 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313092517nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/butler-bio.html |date=March 13, 2007 }}, Nobel Prize Organization. Accessed June 10, 2007. “Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, this son of Henry L. Butler, a manufacturer, and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman and author, began his career with a brilliant record as a student.”
- Elias B. Caldwell (1776–1825), Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United StatesPerry, James R. The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800: pt. 1. Appointments and proceedings {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112131956books.google.com/books?id=gpmvcaCIukcC&pg=PA163 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, p. 163. Columbia University Press, 1985. {{ISBN|9780231088671}}. “Born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on April 3, 1776, Elias Boudinot Caldwell was the son of the Reverend James and Hannah (Ogden) Caldwell.”
- Joan Carroll (1931–2016), actress, known for films such as Meet Me in St. Louis and The Bells of St. Mary’sBarnes, Mike.“Joan Carroll, Child Actress in Meet Me in St. Louis and The Bells of St. Mary’s, Dies at 85” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903144704www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/joan-carroll-dead-meet-me-st-louis-actress-was-85-955074/ |date=September 3, 2023 }}, The Hollywood Reporter, December 11, 2016. Accessed September 3, 2023. “Born Joan Marie Felt in Elizabeth, N.J., Carroll and her folks came to California in 1936 when she was 5.”
- Rodney Carter (born 1964), former NFL running back/3rd down receiver with the Pittsburgh SteelersRodney Carter {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118194749elizabethnj.org/attractions/hall-fame/2005/rodney-carter |date=January 18, 2017 }}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Rodey Carter grew up in the Port of Elizabeth and graduated from Elizabeth High School in 1982.”
- Al Catanho (born 1972), former linebacker in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Washington RedskinsAlcides Catanho {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041018www.nfl.com/player/alcidescatanho/2500032/profile |date=March 7, 2016 }}, NFL.com. Accessed September 19, 2017.
- John Catlin (1803–1874), acting Governor of Wisconsin TerritoryFrom History of Dane County, Wisconsin, publ. 1880, page 519-521 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108110004www.rockvillemama.com/dane/catlinjohn.txt |date=January 8, 2009 }}. Accessed December 22, 2011.
- Gil Chapman (born 1953), running back and return specialist for the University of Michigan and New Orleans SaintsStaff. “Michigan Downs Mich. State, 10–0; Chapman Caps Scoring With 58-Yard Touchdown Run” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222110224www.nytimes.com/1972/10/15/archives/michigan-downs-mich-state-100-chapman-caps-scoring-with-58yard.html?_r=0 |date=December 22, 2017 }}, The New York Times, October 15, 1972. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Gil Chapman, a sophomore wingback, raced 58 yards down the left side on a reverse for a touchdown with less than nine minutes to play today to pad a precarious 3â€0 lead and give fifthâ€ranked Michigan 10â€0 Big Ten football victory over Michigan State.... The 5â€footâ€9â€inch, 185â€pound speedster from Elizabeth, N.J. got a key block from Paul Seymour, which sent him loose for the final 45 yards.”
- Michael Chertoff (born 1953), United States Secretary of Homeland Security; was born and raised thereProfile: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718053739abcnews.go.com/Politics/Inauguration/story?id=402614 |date=July 18, 2007 }}, ABC News, February 15, 2005. Accessed June 23, 2007. “Chertoff, who was born in Elizabeth, N.J., on Nov. 28, 1953, received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in 1975 and his law degree from Harvard University in 1978.“Hasan, Khalid. www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-1-2005_pg7_50" title="archive.today/20120729232702www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-1-2005_pg7_50">“Bush nominee a rabbi’s son”, Daily Times, January 13, 2005, backed up as of July 29, 2012. Accessed September 19, 2017. “According to JTA, a Jewish news service, ‘Chertoff has strong ties to the Jewish community. Born and raised in Elizabeth, N.J., Chertoff is the son of a rabbi, his two children have attended Jewish day schools and his wife, Meryl, was a co-chairwoman of the regional Anti-Defamation League’s civil rights committee when he was the U.S. attorney in New Jersey in the mid 1990s.’“Miller, Jonathan. “Worth Noting; The Prostitute’s Son Begets the Rabbi’s Son” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110174241www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/nyregion/worth-noting-the-prostitutes-son-begets-the-rabbis-son.html |date=January 10, 2018 }}, The New York Times, January 16, 2005. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Michael Chertoff, the 51-year-old rabbi’s son from Elizabeth who most recently has been a judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was nominated by President Bush last week for the top security post.”
- Hiram Chodosh (born 1962), Fifth president of Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California“Hiram E. Chodosh, Claremont McKenna College’s President-Elect” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731001344www.cmc.edu/news/president-elect-hiram-e-chodosh |date=July 31, 2020 }}, Claremont McKenna College, December 6, 2012. Accessed April 28, 2020. “Chodosh was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and attended Hillside High School in Hillside, New Jersey.”
- Abraham Clark (1725–1794), Member of the Continental Congress; signer of the Declaration of IndependenceAbraham Clark {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026042330bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000418 |date=October 26, 2012 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed April 22, 2007.
- Amos Clark Jr. (1828–1912), politician and businessman who represented New Jersey’s 3rd congressional district from 1873 to 1875Amos Clark Jr. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707001417bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000421 |date=July 7, 2012 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed June 23, 2007.
- Freddie ‘Red’ Cochrane (1915–1993), professional boxer in the welterweight (147 lb) division who became World Champion in 1941 in that classStaff. “Freddie (Red) Cochrane, Boxer, 77” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702224935www.nytimes.com/1993/01/19/obituaries/freddie-red-cochrane-boxer-77.html |date=July 2, 2017 }}, The New York Times, January 19, 1993. Accessed August 15, 2013. “He was born in Elizabeth and won a New Jersey Golden Gloves lightweight title before winning the world welterweight championship in July 1941 with a 15-round decision over Fritzie Zivic in Newark.”
- Jim Colbert (born 1941), golfer and multiple winner on both the PGA Tour and Champions TourJim Colbert {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821122809www.pgatour.com/players/player.01205.jim-colbert.html |date=August 21, 2013 }} PGA Tour. Accessed August 15, 2013.
- Tom Colicchio (born 1962), restaurateur, chef, and judge on reality-TV program Top ChefDeHaven, Judy. “Under pressure, Conn. casinos go big” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020223413www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2008/05/under_pressure_conn_casinos_go.html |date=October 20, 2008 }}, The Star-Ledger, May 19, 2008. Accessed June 1, 2008. “...Elizabeth native Tom Colicchio is opening a Craftsteak, and the landmark Junior’s Cheesecake also will open an outlet...”
- Tom Coyne (1954–2017), mastering engineerCoughlin, Kevin. “Tom Coyne, Grammy-winning music engineer for Adele and Beyoncé, dies at 62” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035422morristowngreen.com/2017/04/15/tom-coyne-grammy-winning-music-engineer-for-adele-and-beyonce-dies-at-62/ |date=September 25, 2017 }}, MorristownGreen.com, April 15, 2017. Accessed September 24, 2017. “Born in Elizabeth and raised in Union, Coyne graduated from Roselle Catholic High School and earned a B.A. from Kean University.”
- Joseph Halsey Crane (1782–1851), Congressional representative from OhioJoseph Halsey Crane {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630105852bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000872 |date=June 30, 2014 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 6, 2007.
- Elias Dayton (1737–1807), elected to the Continental Congress; served as mayor of Elizabethtown from 1796 to 1805; father of Jonathan DaytonElias Dayton {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707001815bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000164 |date=July 7, 2012 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 6, 2007.
- Jonathan Dayton (1760–1824), signer of the United States Constitution and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; born there;The Founding Fathers: New Jersey {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516024902www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_new_jersey.html |date=May 16, 2008 }}, National Archives and Records Administration. Accessed April 21, 2007. Dayton, Ohio, is named for him
- John De Hart (1727–1795), delegate to the Continental Congress; was born and lived thereJohn De Hart {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514000647bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000199 |date=May 14, 2011 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed June 10, 2007.
- DeCavalcante crime family, one of the biggest mafia families in the U.S., is based hereStaff. “Sam The Plumber Shows Other Side; Sicilian Town Knows Him as Orphans’ Benefactor” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722220354www.nytimes.com/1969/06/29/archives/sam-the-plumber-shows-other-side-sicilian-town-knows-him-as-orphans.html |date=July 22, 2018 }}, The New York Times, June 29, 1969. Accessed January 28, 2011. “Many of the Riberese who emigrated to the United States settled in Elizabeth, where DeCavalcante had his base of operations before he moved to Princeton.”
- Tom DeSanto (born 1968), film producerHalbfinger, David M. “How a Fan of Comic Books Transformed Himself Into a Hollywood Player” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003049www.nytimes.com/2007/06/30/movies/30tran.html |date=July 5, 2018 }}, The New York Times, June 30, 2007. Accessed July 14, 2012. “Mr. DeSanto, 38, has come a long way from Elizabeth, N.J., where his father was a police officer.”
- Thomas G. Dunn ({{circa|1921}}–1998), seven-term mayor of Elizabeth whose 28 years in office made him the longest-serving mayor of a U.S. city with more than 100,000 peopleSmothers, Ronald. “Thomas Dunn, 76, Longtime Elizabeth Mayor” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702223251www.nytimes.com/1998/02/13/nyregion/thomas-dunn-76-longtime-elizabeth-mayor.html |date=July 2, 2017 }}, The New York Times, February 13, 1998. Accessed July 15, 2010.
- Drew Esocoff (born 1957), television sports director, who is the director of NBC Sunday Night FootballKratch, James. “A well-timed homecoming for N.J. native, Sunday Night Football director Drew Esocoff” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927085844www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2015/10/a_well-timed_homecoming_for_nj_native_sunday_night.html |date=September 27, 2018 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 9, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2015. “’We’ve never had a high school reunion,’ said Esocoff, who grew up in Elizabeth and graduated from Jefferson High in 1975.”
- John J. Fay Jr. (1927–2003), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey SenateMartin, Douglas. “John J. Fay Jr., 76, Ombudsman For the Elderly of New Jersey” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626114525www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/nyregion/john-j-fay-jr-76-ombudsman-for-the-elderly-of-new-jersey.html |date=June 26, 2017 }}, The New York Times, October 29, 2003. Accessed July 7, 2010.
- Chuck Feeney (1931–2023), businessman, philanthropist and the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world.Dwyer, Jim. “’James Bond of Philanthropy’ Gives Away the Last of His Fortune” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110205331www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/nyregion/james-bond-of-philanthropy-gives-away-the-last-of-his-fortune.html?_r=0 |date=January 10, 2017 }}, The New York Times, January 5, 2017. Accessed January 6, 2017. “Raised in Elizabeth, N.J., Mr. Feeney served as a radio operator in the Air Force and attended Cornell University on the G.I. Bill.”
- Charles N. Fowler (1852–1932), represented 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911Charles Newell Fowler {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121133048bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000320 |date=January 21, 2012 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 9, 2007.
- Ron Freeman (born 1947), winner of the gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City; raised there and attended Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHaley, John. “South Plainfield’s Muse rushes, but wins gold medal” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001050www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007706020322 |date=September 27, 2007 }}, Home News Tribune, June 2, 2007. Accessed July 24, 2007. “As for Freeman, the son of former U.S. Olympian Ron Freeman out of Elizabeth, he thought he should have won.”
- Stanton T. Friedman (1934–2019), professional ufologistStatement by Stanton T. Freidman {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703001801www.project1947.com/shg/symposium/friedman.html |date=July 3, 2014 }}, Project1947.com. Accessed May 6, 2013.
- Minna Gale (1869–1944), Shakespearean actress“Our Gallery of Players: Minna K. Gale” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426162208books.google.com/books?id=XYE4AQAAMAAJ&dq=Minna+Gale&pg=PA420 |date=April 26, 2023 }} The Illustrated American (April 16, 1892): 420.
- Chris Gatling (born 1967), NBA player for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, and the Cleveland CavaliersReel, Ursula. “Gat’s Dagger Ex-Tra Painful” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724110847pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/68853315.html?dids=68853315:68853315&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+27%2C+2000&author=URSULA+REEL&pub=New+York+Post&desc=GAT’S+DAGGER+EX-TRA+PAINFUL&pqatl=google |date=July 24, 2012 }}, New York Post, March 27, 2000. Accessed January 28, 2011.
- Tom Glassic (born 1954), retired NFL offensive lineman who played for the Denver BroncosTom Glassic Stats {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127032437www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GlasTo20.htm |date=January 27, 2020 }}, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed January 26, 2020. “Born: April 17, 1954 (Age: 65-284d) in Elizabeth, NJ... High School: Watchung Hills Regional (NJ)”
- William Halsey Jr. (1882–1959), admiral in the United States Navy during World War II, who was one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiralStaff. “Fleet Admiral Halsey Dies; Leader in Defeat of Japan; Third Fleet Commander Fought a ‘Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often’ War Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, World War II Naval Leader in Pacific, Dies Head Of 3d Fleet Fought Daringly Commander of First Major Attack on Japanese Aided in Battle of Leyte Gulf” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214900www.nytimes.com/1959/08/17/archives/fleet-admiral-halsey-dies-leader-in-defeat-of-japan-third-fleet.html |date=July 22, 2018 }}, The New York Times, August 17, 1959. Accessed July 9, 2012. “The son of the late Capt. Brewster Halsey, he was born in Elizabeth, NJ, on Oct. 30, 1882.”
- Alexander Hamilton ({{circa|1755}}–1804), lived here as a young man upon first arriving in AmericaMajor General Alexander Hamilton {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509175839www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html |date=May 9, 2007 }}, Historic Valley Forge, accessed April 21, 2007. “He started school in Elizabethtown NJ, but by 1773 was entered at Kings College (Now Columbia).”
- Don Harris (born 1954), former American football safety who played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the New York GiantsDon Harris, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 19, 2024. “Born: February 8, 1954 in Elizabeth, NJ (Age: 70-101d)... High School: Thomas Jefferson (NJ)”
- John T. Hendrickson Jr. (1923–1999), politician who represented the 9th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1989Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 203, Part 2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001134639books.google.com/books?id=iyC5RpVSRJIC&q=%22Hendrickson+was+born+Jan.+30,+1923,+in+Elizabeth%22 |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 242. Accessed January 22, 2022. “Mr. Hendrickson was born Jan. 30, 1923, in Elizabeth.”
- Joseph J. Higgins (1929–2007), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1966 to 1974Joseph J. Higgins Obituary {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214003522www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sunsentinel/name/joseph-higgins-obituary?id=24854225 |date=December 14, 2021 }}, Sun-Sentinel, August 15, 2007. Accessed December 13, 2021. “Born and raised in Elizabeth, NJ he attended St. Patrick’s High School and was recognized as one of the top baseball pitchers in the state of New Jersey.”
- Kyrie Irving (born 1992), basketball player who plays professionally for the NBA’s Dallas MavericksDavis, Seth. “Postcard: Stacked Blue Devils boast burgeoning star in freshman Irving”, Sports Illustrated, November 2, 2010. Accessed March 17, 2012. “It’s not often that a team boasts two returning seniors from a championship team – one of whom is a leading candidate for national player of the year – and neither is the most talented player on his team. By my lights, that is Kyrie Irving, a 6-foot-2 freshman point guard from Elizabeth, N.J., who was named a Parade and McDonald’s All-American last year.”
- Raghib Ismail (born 1969), former NFL and CFL playerRaghib Ismail profile {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040358espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/489/raghib-ismail |date=October 12, 2013 }}, ESPN. Accessed July 19, 2013.
- Horace Jenkins (born 1974), former NBA player for the Detroit PistonsHorace Jenkins Jr. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701220459www.elizabethnj.org/attractions/hall-fame/2008/horace-jenkins-jr |date=July 1, 2014 }}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed August 15, 2013.Idec, Keith. “NBA dream fulfilled, Jenkins hungry for more”, Herald News, January 12, 2005. “The Elizabeth native’s athletic ability and scoring skills were obvious to Billups, but he has been more impressed recently with Jenkins’ understanding of what Brown expects from his point guards.”
- Leo Warren Jenkins (1913–1989), educator who served as the sixth president and chancellor of what is now East Carolina UniversitySession 1989 House Joint Resolution 459 - A Joint Resolution Honoring The Life And Memory Of Dr. Leo Warren Jenkins, Former Chancellor Of East Carolina University {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612203631www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/1989/Bills/House/PDF/H459v1.pdf |date=June 12, 2020 }}, North Carolina General Assembly, March 6, 1989. Accessed June 12, 2020. “Whereas, Leo Warren Jenkins was born on May 28, 1913, in Succasunna, New Jersey and was raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey”
- Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), LGBTQ activist, participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprisingGreenblatt, Leah. “A pioneering trans activist gets her due in The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson: EW review” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214407ew.com/movies/2017/10/06/the-death-and-life-of-marsha-p-johnson-review/|date=2018-08-26}}, Entertainment Weekly, October 6, 2017. Accessed August 26, 2018. “A fixture on New York’s queer scene whose friends dubbed her alternately the mayor and the queen of the West Village, Johnson, born Malcolm Michaels in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1945, wasn’t hard to see coming—her John-Waters-meets-Steel-Magnolia style, wild headpieces and mile-wide smile were both personal expression sort of living performance art.”
- I. Stanford Jolley (1900–1978), film and television actor who starred in the 1946 serial film The Crimson Ghost“I. Stanford Jolley, Actor, Dies; Former Morristown Resident” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305170949www.newspapers.com/clip/96657569/i-stanford-jolley-actor-dies-former/ |date=March 5, 2022 }}, Daily Record, December 8, 1978. Accessed March 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. “Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he had lived In Morristown, N.J., before coming to Hollywood in 1935.”
- Phineas Jones (1819–1884), represented New Jersey’s 6th congressional district from 1881 to 1883Phineas Jones {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706232026bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000247 |date=July 6, 2012 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 13, 2007.
- Karl Kaimer (born 1938), former American football tight end who played one season with the New York Titans of the American Football LeagueKarl Kaimer, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed February 18, 2024. “Born: November 12, 1938 in Elizabeth, NJ (Age: 85-098d)... High School: Cranford (NJ)”
- Arnie Kantrowitz (1940–2022), LGBT activist and college professorStewart-Winter, Timothy. Interview with Arnie Kantrowitz {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118072911queer.newark.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/transcript/2015-06-01%20Arnie%20Kantrowitz%20interviewed%20by%20Timothy%20Stewart-Winter.pdf |date=November 18, 2021 }}, Queer Newark Oral History Project, June 1, 2015. Accessed January 24, 2022. “During this time—I was born in Newark, lived in the Weequahic section, at several addresses over the years my parents divorced and my mother and my brother and I moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, and it was from there that I commuted to downtown Newark to go to Rutgers.”
- Michael Kasha (1926–2019), physical chemist and molecular spectroscopist who collaborated with Andrés Segovia to create the Kasha Design classical guitarsMcClure, Donald S. Biographical Memories: Michael Kasha 1930-2013 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032433www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/kasha-michael.pdf |date=December 1, 2017 }}, National Academy of Sciences. Accessed February 12, 2018. “Michael ‘Mike’ Kasha was born on December 6, 1920, into a working-class family of Ukrainian immigrants in Elizabeth, New Jersey.”
- John Kean (1852–1914), represented New Jersey in the United States Senate from 1899 to 1911; served two separate terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1883 to 1885, and from 1887 to 1889, representing New Jersey’s 3rd congressional districtJohn Kean {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630120117bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000028 |date=June 30, 2014 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 29, 2007.
- James C. Kellogg III (1915–1980), Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New JerseyStaff. “James Kellogg 3d, 65, Once Headed Port Authority; Senior Member of Port Unit Served Williams College” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723003749www.nytimes.com/1980/12/30/archives/james-kellogg-3d-65-once-headed-port-authority-senior-member-of.html |date=July 23, 2018 }}, The New York Times, December 30, 1980. Accessed February 11, 2011.
- Daniel Hugh Kelly (born 1952), stage, film and television actor; was born and raised thereKleiner, Dick. “Hugh-Kelly Offers Advice On Lights” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112140018news.google.com/newspapers?id=8LRPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UQYEAAAAIBAJ&dq=daniel-hugh-kelly%20elizabeth&pg=1822%2C9018589 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, Ocala Star-Banner, October 15, 1983. Accessed January 28, 2011. “About that hyphenated last name: Daniel Hugh-Kelly is really plain old Daniel Hugh Kelly from Elizabeth, NJ.”
- Daniel C. Kurtzer (born 1949), United States Ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001 and United States Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005Kroloff, Rabbi Charles A. “The president-elect and a renewed alliance” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527222936www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/111308/opedPresidentElectNewAlliance.html |date=May 27, 2010 }}, New Jersey Jewish News, November 13, 2008. Accessed January 28, 2011. “Perhaps we grew more comfortable with Obama because his Middle East advisers include men like Daniel Kurtzer, a native of Elizabeth and former ambassador to Israel.”
- Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), artist and participant in the 1969 Stonewall uprising“Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514191542www.invisibleculturejournal.com/pub/thomaslaniganschmidt/release/1 |date=May 14, 2023 }}, Invisible Culture, May 2, 2023. Accessed May 14, 2023. “Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt has spent the last forty years breaking rules and tearing down barriers. His glittering mixed-media constructions speak directly to the kinds of experiences and issues most people prefer not to talk about at dinner parties – sex, class and religion. Born and raised in the multi-ethnic Catholic enclaves of Elizabeth and Linden, New Jersey, Lanigan-Schmidt’s work reveals a subtly articulated gay and working-class consciousness as well as an encyclopedic understanding of theological, philosophical and aesthetic ideas/ideals.”
- Chauncey D. Leake (1896–1978), pharmacologist, medical historian and ethicistStaff. A Community Of Scholars: The Institute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 1930–1980 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021042library.ias.edu/files/pdfs/hs/cos.pdfpage=257 |date=November 7, 2017 }}, p. 257. Institute for Advanced Study, 1980. Accessed November 22, 2015. “Leake, Chauncey Depew 50s, 52s HS, History of Science & Medicine Born 1896 Elizabeth, NJ.”
- Jay Lethal (born 1985 as Jamar Shipman), All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor professional wrestlerMilner, John M. “Jay Lethal” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829195206slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/lethal_jay.html |date=August 29, 2015 }}, Slam! Sports. Accessed August 23, 2015.
- William Livingston (1723–1790), signer of the United States Constitution and the first elected Governor of New Jersey, he lived there and built his home, Liberty Hall
- Zenaida Manfugás (1932–2012), Cuban-American pianist who was considered one of the first black pianists in CubaConnor, Olga. “Homenaje a la pianista Zenaida Manfugás” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406114403www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/11/23/842752/homenaje-a-la-pianista-zenaida.html |date=April 6, 2012 }}, El Nuevo Herald, November 24, 2010. Accessed December 21, 2011. “’La cantidad de libros que le compro a [Juan Manuel] Salvat se los pago a plazos’, dijo pÃcaramente desde Elizabeth, Nueva Jersey, donde reside.”
- Emilie Martin (1869–1936), mathematician and professor of mathematics at Mount Holyoke CollegeEmilie Norton Martin {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120174100mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Martin_Emilie/ |date=November 20, 2022 }}, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Accessed November 20, 2022. “Born 30 December 1869 Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA”
- Patrick McDonnell (born 1956), cartoonist, author and playwright who is the creator of the syndicated daily comic strip MuttsConte, Annemarie. “His Name is Earl” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928082048njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/his-name-is-earl/ |date=September 28, 2020 }}, New Jersey Monthly, February 6, 2008. Accessed September 6, 2020. “McDonnell was born in Elizabeth and grew up in Edison.”
- James P. Mitchell (1900–1964), served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1953 to 1961; ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New JerseyGuzda, Henry P. “James P. Mitchell: social conscience of the Cabinet” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009130424www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1991/08/art3exc.htm |date=October 9, 2008 }}, Monthly Labor Review, August 1991. Accessed June 20, 2008.
- Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962), Oscar and Tony Award-winning actor; was born therevia United Press International. “Thomas Mitchell, Actor, Dead; Star of Stage and Screen, 70; Actor’s Career in the Movies and in Theater Spanned a Half Century Appeared in Many Films” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214030www.nytimes.com/1962/12/18/archives/thomas-mitchell-actor-dead-star-of-stage-and-screen-70-actors.html |date=July 22, 2018 }}, The New York Times, December 18, 1962. Accessed January 28, 2011.
- Hank Mobley (1930–1986), hard bop jazz saxophonistHendrickson, Tad. www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0328,176444,45308,15.html" title="archive.today/20120919180423www.villagevoice.com/nyclife/0328,176444,45308,15.html">“Close-Up on Elizabeth, New Jersey”, The Village Voice, July 8, 2003. Accessed June 28, 2008. “Jazz saxophonist Hank Mobley was raised here.”
- John Morris (1926–2018), film, television and broadway composer, dance arranger, conductor and trained concert pianist, best known for his collaborations with filmmakers Mel Brooks and Gene WilderSandomir, Richard. “John Morris, Composer for Mel Brooks’s Films, Dies at 91” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201122755www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/john-morris-composer-for-mel-brookss-films-dies-at-91.html |date=February 1, 2018 }}, The New York Times, January 28, 2018. Accessed February 1, 2018. “John Leonard Morris was born on Oct 18, 1926, in Elizabeth, N.J.”
- Don Newcombe (1926–2019), pitcher who spent most of his career with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles DodgersUnion County Baseball Hall of Fame Will Induct Three New Members, Feb. 11 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001056www.unioncountynj.org/news/2006/0612baseball.html |date=September 28, 2007 }}, Union County, New Jersey, press release dated December 27, 2006. Accessed July 3, 2007. “Over the years, the awards dinner has honored many local and national baseball luminaries – including Joe Collins of Union, Phil Rizzuto of Hillside, Don Newcombe of Elizabeth, Jeff Torborg of Mountainside, Willie Wilson of Summit, Jake Wood of Elizabeth, and Elliott Maddox of Union.”
- Marissa Paternoster (born 1986), artist, singer and guitarist in the bands Screaming Females and NounSchroeder, Audra. “A Brief Conversation With Screaming Females’ Marissa Paternoster” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122224www.dallasobserver.com/music/a-brief-conversation-with-screaming-females-marissa-paternoster-7057101 |date=December 22, 2015 }}, Dallas Observer, May 2, 2012. Accessed December 13, 2015 “[Q] Where did you grow up? [A] I grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with Mike.”
- Elizabeth Peña (1959–2014), actressStaff. “Actor Pena was Grateful to Meet DEA Agent’s Wife” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024124714nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB33F7E1690CFF8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=October 24, 2012 }}, The Miami Herald, January 9, 1990. Accessed January 28, 2011. “Pena was born in Elizabeth, NJ, which became her namesake.”
- Fernando Perez (born 1983), San Francisco Giants coach who played as an outfielder for the Tampa Bay RaysFernando Perez {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424161809www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=perez-002fer |date=April 24, 2023 }}, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed April 24, 2023. “Born: April 23, 1983 (Age: 40-001d) in Elizabeth, NJ”
- Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749–1838), Italian-born librettist and poetGans, Andrew. “Blum, Dean, Jones and Zelno Set for Reading of Broadway-Bound Lorenzo” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811103513www.playbill.com/article/blum-dean-jones-and-zelno-set-for-reading-of-broadway-bound-lorenzo-com-145048 |date=August 11, 2020 }}, Playbill, November 1, 2007. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Lorenzo Da Ponte began life as a poor, Italian, Jewish poet and ended up as a professor at Columbia University. Along the way he.... became a grocer in Elizabeth, New Jersey.”
- Stephanie Pogue (1944–2002), artist, printmaker, and art educatorInterview of Stephanie Pogue by Sharon Patton, October 18, 1987, written by Stephanie Pogue, 1944-2004 (1987); edited by James V. Hatch, 1928- and Leo Hamalian, 1920-2003; in Artist and Influence, Vol. 8, Artist and Influence, 8:1-127 (1989) (New York, NY: Hatch-Billops Collection, 1989), 79-86
- Franklin Leonard Pope (1840–1885), telegrapher and inventor; lived there as a young man and befriended Thomas Edison“Death Of Franklin L. Pope; Killed at His Home by an Electric Shock of 3,000 Volts. Found Dead In His Cellar A Famous Electrician Known as an Expert All Over the World – Had Lived for a Year in Great Barrington, Mass.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214653www.nytimes.com/1895/10/14/archives/death-of-franklin-l-pope-killed-at-his-home-by-an-electric-shock-of.html |date=July 22, 2018 }}, The New York Times, October 14, 1895. Accessed June 10, 2007. “Franklin Leonard Pope, the famous electrician, a resident of Elizabeth, N.J., for twenty-five years, was killed accidentally to-day by electricity at his home in this place, where he had lived for the last year.”
- Elazar Mayer Preil (1878-1933), rabbi who led Elizabeth’s Orthodox Jewish community.Levine, Yitzchok. “Master Builder: Rav Teitz and the Elizabeth Kehilla” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726184428www.jewishpress.com/indepth/front-page/master-builder-rav-teitz-and-the-elizabeth-kehilla/2004/12/22/ |date=July 26, 2022 }},The Jewish Press, December 22, 2004. Accessed July 26, 2022. “Basya was the daughter of Elizabeth’s previous rav, Rabbi Elazar Mayer Preil, who had passed away in 1933. Rav Preil had written in his will that the position of rav of Elizabeth should go to the man who married Basya, provided he was qualified.”
- Ahmad Khan Rahami (born 1988), naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan and Elizabeth restaurant worker charged in the 2016 New York and New Jersey bombings
- Ron Rivers (born 1971), running back in the NFL for six seasonsStaff. “Falcons Notes: Changes up front top secret” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024124807nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA55757F213A5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=October 24, 2012 }}, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 28, 2000. Accessed January 28, 2011. “Defensive end Patrick Kerney grew up chiefly in Trenton, NJ, and running back Ron Rivers is from Elizabeth City, NJ – both near Philadelphia.”
- Jon Rua (born 1983), actor, singer and choreographer who appeared in the Broadway hit HamiltonIati, Marisa. “’Hamilton’ star talks Broadway and his N.J. roots” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829210756www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2016/07/hamilton_star_talks_broadway_and_his_nj_roots_at_f.html |date=August 29, 2017 }}, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 13, 2016. Accessed August 29, 2017. “Rua chatted with a full house in Elizabeth last week about how his childhood in Union County inspires and shapes his push to create theater, music and dance that strike audience members at their core. Rua, now 32, was born in Elizabeth and grew up in Linden.”
- Jonal Saint-Dic (born 1985), NFL player with the Kansas City Chiefs“Saint-Dic, Adams among 5 players benched for Champ Sports Bowl”{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ESPN, December 24, 2007. Accessed June 28, 2008. “’I only took two classes this semester, a sociology class for three credits and a math class for five credits,’ Saint-Dic said by phone from his hometown of Elizabeth, N.J.”
- Sidney M. Schreiber (1915–2009), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1975 to 1984Fuchs, Mary. “Former N.J. Supreme Court Justice Sidney Schreiber dies at age 94” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118225100www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/sidney_schreiber_94_left_his_m.html |date=November 18, 2017 }}, The Star-Ledger, August 5, 2009. Accessed November 17, 2017.“Born in New York City, Schreiber grew up in Elizabeth, where he attended public school.”
- Debralee Scott (1953–2005), actress, known for her role in Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanBittan, Dave. “Debralee Scott” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711143643nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DN&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI%7CDN&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29742E9A9FB3D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=July 11, 2019 }}, Philadelphia Daily News, November 30, 1984. Accessed December 28, 2007.
- Martin J. Silverstein (born 1954), attorney and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005Martin J. Silverstein; Ambassador, Uruguay; Term of Appointment: 10/11/2001 to 08/01/2005 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/201711172035342001-2009.state.gov/outofdate/bios/s/6298.htm |date=November 17, 2017 }}, United States Department of State, May 2, 2004. Accessed November 18, 2017. “Born in 1954 in New York, raised in Elizabeth, NJ and Merion, PA, the Ambassador is a first generation American.”
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), writerKreiser, John. “Mystery Writer Mickey Spillane Dies” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116144003www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-writer-mickey-spillane-dies/2/ |date=November 16, 2018 }}, CBS News, July 17, 2006. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Spillane was born Frank Morrison Spillane on March 9, 1918, in the New York borough of Brooklyn. He grew up in Elizabeth, N.J., and attended Fort Hayes State College in Kansas where he was a standout swimmer before beginning his career writing for magazines.”
- Joseph Stamler (1911–1988), New Jersey Superior Court judge and professor at Rutgers UniversitySaxon, Wolfgang. “Joseph Howard Stamler, 86, Influential New Jersey Judge” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020319www.nytimes.com/1998/10/23/nyregion/joseph-howard-stamler-86-influential-new-jersey-judge.html |date=January 25, 2018 }}, The New York Times, October 23, 1998. Accessed January 24, 2018. “He was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and graduated from Cornell University in 1933 and Harvard Law School in 1935.”
- Leo Steiner (1939–1987), co-owner of the Carnegie DeliMiller, Bryan. “Leo Steiner, 48, Owner of a Deli; Known for Wit” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314015115www.nytimes.com/1988/01/01/obituaries/leo-steiner-48-owner-of-a-deli-known-for-wit.html |date=March 14, 2017 }}, The New York Times, January 1, 1988. Accessed April 30, 2013. “Leo Steiner was born in Newark and grew up in Elizabeth, N.J., where he worked in his parents’ grocery.”
- Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), creator of the Hardy Boys, Bobbsey Twins, and Nancy Drew, he was born and resided thereOrganizational History {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330230040digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/nypl/mssstrat/@Generic__BookTextView/223;pt=272 |date=March 30, 2013 }}, Stratemeyer Syndicate. Accessed December 27, 2006.
- William Sulzer (1863–1941), U.S. Congressman and impeached governor of New YorkSulzer, William (1863–1941) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629002852bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001065 |date=June 29, 2011 }}, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 28, 2014.
- Carole Beebe Tarantelli (born 1942), American-born former member of the Italian parliament who was the first American citizen elected to the Italian Chamber of DeputiesAnderson, Lisa. “A Widow Enters Politics To Heal The ‘Unbelievable’” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723204909www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-11-15-8802160680-story.html |date=July 23, 2021 }}, Chicago Tribune, November 15, 1988. AccessedApril 27, 2020. “A small, trim woman with a thick blond bob and clean, snub-nosed all-American looks, Tarantelli was born in Elizabeth, N.J., and was graduated from Wellesley College and then Brandeis University, with a doctorate in English.”
- Tay-K (born 2000), rapper, songwriter and convicted murderer whose song “The Race” went viral following his arrest in Elizabeth, after a nationwide manhunt for murderCoscarelli, Joe. “Tay-K Was a 17-Year-Old ‘Violent Fugitive.’ Then His Song Went Viral.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224225229www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/arts/music/tay-k-the-race-criminal-charges.html |date=December 24, 2019 }}, The New York Times, August 22, 2017. Accessed December 17, 2019. “That same night, the Marshals Service announced that it had arrested Tay-K in Elizabeth, N.J., citing ‘dozens of tips’ that had ‘poured in from the entire country.’”
- Craig Taylor (born 1966), former running back for three seasons for the Cincinnati BengalsCraig Taylor {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713055306www.pro-football-reference.com/players/T/TaylCr00.htm |date=July 13, 2017 }}, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed September 19, 2017.
- Hal Tulchin (1926–2017), television and video directorSandomir, Richard. “Hal Tulchin, Who Documented a ‘Black Woodstock,’ Dies at 90” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104165656www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/arts/television/hal-tulchin-90-dies-documented-a-little-seen-black-woodstock.html |date=January 4, 2022 }}, The New York Times, September 14, 2017. Accessed January 6, 2022. “Harold Monroe Tulchin was born to Jewish immigrants from Ukraine in Elizabeth, N.J., on Dec. 23, 1926.”
- Daniel Van Pelt (born 1964), politician who represented the 9th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2008, until 2009, when he resigned after being arrested in connection with Operation Bid Rig.Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 2009 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120034533books.google.com/books?id=SGUkAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Assemblyman+Van+Pelt+was+born+in+Elizabeth+on+Sept.+4+,+1964.+He+graduated+from+Toms+River+High+School+East+in+1982.%22 |date=November 20, 2022 }}, p.264. {{ISBN|9781577413233}}. Accessed November 19, 2022. “Assemblyman Van Pelt was born in Elizabeth on Sept. 4, 1964. He graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982.”
- General John W. Vogt Jr. (1920–2010), flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II who served as a general in the United States Air Force during the Cold War era“New Air Chief in Vietnam John William Vogt Jr.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307150045www.nytimes.com/1972/04/18/archives/new-air-chief-in-vietnam-john-william-vogt-jr.html |date=March 7, 2023 }}, The New York Times, April 18, 1972. Accessed September 11, 2020. “Gen. John William Vogt Jr., who is directing the intensified bombardment of North Vietnamese forces in South and North Vietnam, is holding down his first command since he led a fighter squadron over the beaches of Normandy in World War II.... General Vogt was born on March 18, 1920, in Elizabeth, N. J., and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School there in 1938.”
- Dick Vosburgh (1929–2007), comedy writer and lyricist working chiefly in BritainStaff. “Dick Vosburgh: Comedy writer, lyricist, broadcaster and film buff with clients ranging from Bob Hope to Ronnie Corbett” {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422133457news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2465894.ece |date=April 22, 2007 }}, The Independent, April 20, 2007. Accessed July 24, 2007. “Born Richard Kennedy Vosburgh in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1929, he moved to Washington when his father, Frederick, a reporter for Reuters news agency, was offered a job with the National Geographic Magazine.“Staff. “Dick Vosburgh” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203142015www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549370/Dick-Vosburgh.html |date=December 3, 2017 }}, The Daily Telegraph, April 23, 2007. Accessed September 19, 2017. “Richard Kennedy Vosburgh was born on August 27, 1929, at Elizabeth, New Jersey.”
- Bernie Wagenblast (born 1956), broadcaster and journalistfinance.groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications/message/2254" title="archive.today/20120708112450finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/transport-communications/message/2254">Newsletter, Transportation Communications Newsletter September 1, 2006. “1956 50th anniversary – Transportation Communications Newsletter editor Bernie Wagenblast is born in Elizabeth, New Jersey.”
- Bill Walczak, community activist who ran for mayor of Boston in 2013Bill Walczak 2013 Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022153816www.dotnews.com/Walczak%20Questionnaire.pdf |date=October 22, 2014 }}, Dorchester Reporter. Accessed January 30, 2018. “What is your name, age, place of birth and presentaddress?Bill Walczak, Age 59, Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and currently reside at 20 Rockmere St. in Dorchester.”
- Mickey Walker (1903–1981), boxer; held the Welterweight and Middleweight titles; was born and raised there; ranked 10 on Sports Illustrated{{’}}s list of The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports FiguresThe 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313205911sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ |date=March 13, 2007 }}, Sports Illustrated, December 27, 1999.
- Mabel Madison Watson (1872-1952), composer and music educator“Three Tort Actions In 20 Cases Disposed of In District Court” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729051106www.newspapers.com/clip/6910605/the-courier-news/ |date=July 29, 2021 }}, Courier News, October 5, 2016. Accessed November 25, 2020. “Mabel Madison Watson of Elizabeth was given judgment for $100 in her action in tort against Louis and Doris Leibowitz of Roselle, for damages to an iron fence on her property which was broken by the plaintiffs automobile Oct. 27, 1927.““Worth-While American Composers: Mabel Madison Watson” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822120029books.google.com/books?id=UQ6azbY62QEC&pg=PA32 |date=August 22, 2023 }}, p. 32, The Musician, January 1925. Accessed August 22, 2023. “One of the most widely known composers of educational music for both piano and violin is Mabel Madison Watson, born in Elizabeth, N. J., a graduate of the Metropolitan College of Music, New York City, under Albert Ross Parsons, Herbert Wilbur Greene, Kate Cbittenden and Harry Rowe Shelley.”
- Joe Weil (born 1958), writer and active member of the New Jersey poetry sceneWind, Barbara. “In Person; The Poet as Working Stiff” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702224334www.nytimes.com/1998/12/06/nyregion/in-person-the-poet-as-working-stiff.html |date=July 2, 2017 }}, The New York Times, December 6, 1998. Accessed December 21, 2011. “Joe Weil is Elizabeth: working-class, irreverent, modest, but open to the world and filled with a wealth of possibilities.”
- Henry S. Whitehead (1882–1932), Episcopal minister and author of horror and fantasy fictionWauth, Charles. Haunted New England: Classic Tales of the Strange and Supernatural {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001134642books.google.com/books?id=LJqZtU-T0E8C&q=elizabeth+%2522Henry+S.+Whitehead%25%2522 |date=October 1, 2023 }}, p. 287. Rodale, Inc., 1991. {{ISBN|9780899093390}}.Accessed November 25, 2020. “Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Henry S. Whitehead (1882–1932) graduated from Harvard University and Berkeley Divinity School.”
- Wendy Wolin (1958-1966), schoolgirl murdered by an unknown assailantSullivan, John. “A Tip Yields Fresh Clues To a Killer” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530134500www.nytimes.com/1995/10/25/nyregion/a-tip-yields-fresh-clues-to-a-killer.html |date=May 30, 2023 }}, The New York Times, October 25, 1995. Accessed May 28, 2023. “The crime shocked the region in the spring of 1966. Seven-year-old Wendy Sue Wolin, walking down an Elizabeth, N.J., street to meet her mother, was attacked by a man who seemed to come out of nowhere..... She thought she had been punched, but within minutes she bled to death.”
- Sam Woodyard (1925–1988), jazz drummer best known for his association with the Duke Ellington orchestra[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p139685/biography|pure_url=yes}} Sam Woodyard] at AllMusic
- Glen Everett Woolfenden (1930–2007), ornithologist, known for his long-term study of the Florida scrub jay population at Archbold Biological Station near Lake Placid, Florida.Fitzpatrick, John W. “In Memoriam: Glen Everett Woolfenden, 1930–2007” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408023655academic.oup.com/auk/article/126/2/460/5148357?login=true |date=April 8, 2023 }}, The Auk, Volume 126, Issue 2, April 1, 2009, Pages 460–462. Accessed December 17, 2020. “Glen was born in 1930 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and fell in love with birds as an 11-year-old after his parents (Lester and Ethyl Woolfenden) moved to Westfield, New Jersey.”
- Albert Capwell Wyckoff (1903–1953), ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and author of juvenile fiction, most notably the Mercer Boys series and Mystery Hunter series“Rev. Albert C. Wyckoff” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029222119www.nytimes.com/1953/01/13/archives/rev-albert-c-wyckoff.html |date=October 29, 2019 }}, The New York Times, January 13, 1953. Accessed October 29, 2019. “Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 12--The Rev. Albert Capwell Wyckoff, formerly of this city who served the Presbyterian Church in the South for more than two decades as missionary and pastor died Saturday at Columbia, Ky., after a brief illness... Born in near-by Plainfield, he was ordained in 1928.”
- Jimmy Yacabonis (born 1992), professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, and New York MetsJimmy Yacabonis, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed January 20, 2024. “Born: March 21, 1992 (Age: 31-305d) in Elizabeth, NJ.... High School: Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ)”
Sister cities
- {{flagdeco|ITA}} Ribera, Sicily, ItalyCity Council Regular Meeting Minutes for May 10, 2011 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702043528www.elizabethnj.org/sites/default/files/council_agenda/agenda_2011-05-10.pdf |date=July 2, 2014 }}, City of Elizabeth. Accessed May 6, 2013. “Hon. Carmelo Pace, Mayor, Sister City of Ribera, Italy”
- {{flagdeco|JPN}} Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan, signed on June 12, 1969“Sister Cities in Hokkaido and New Jersey Celebrate Fifty-Year Relationship” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202022732amview.japan.usembassy.gov/en/kitami-and-elizabeth-celebrate-the-50th-sister-city-anniversary/ |date=February 2, 2020 }}, United States Embassy in Japan, July 5, 2019. Accessed February 1, 2020. “Although Kitami, Hokkaido, and Elizabeth, New Jersey, have been sister cities for about 50 years, their ties go back to the early 1900s when two American missionaries settled in the town.... Kitami has shared historical and spiritual ties with Elizabeth since the time the Piersons settled there. On June 12, 1969, they became sister-cities to deepen their friendship and mutual understanding.”
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