History
Elizabeth was settled by William Beauchamp in 1796 and was named for the wife of David Beauchamp. Near here in 1752, Christopher Gist placed a marker for the Ohio Company, whose plan to colonize the western lands was halted by the French and Indian War.
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Elizabeth, West Virginia · United States
