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Elizabethtown
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This
little village is located on Indian creek, six miles
south-west of Monroe City, and is 17 miles north-east
of Paris. The population is about 350; two dry goods
houses, two drug houses, three groceries, two
blacksmith shops, One good hotel, one very fine house,
and the finest church in the county, Catholic. Its
dimensions are 100x50, and will comfortably seat a
congregation of 800 persons. Its spire is 110 feet
high. The town was laid out in 1835 by a Mr. Swinkey,
and for some time bore this name. Mr. Swinkey's wife
was named Elizabeth, and the town was finally named in
honor of her. Prof. Hagan is principal of the school,
which numbers 75 pupils. The voting population of the
precinct is 160, and 154 of that number are Democrats.
Thomas Yates and Dick Miles are the two oldest
settlers in this part of the county. Mr. Miles is in
his eight-first year, and Mr. Yates is 73, and both
are stout and hearty and bid fair to live 20 years
longer.
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