Explore 350+ Years of Elizabeth History — and Discover the City Today. #GoElizabethNJ250
In December 1873, the Elizabeth Daily Monitor placed weather, court notices, concerts, rail schedules, advertisements, and distant news on the same crowded pages. Its surviving issues offer a vivid but selective view of what one local newspaper placed before Elizabeth readers.
In May 1747, the college that became Princeton University opened its first classes in Jonathan Dickinson's Elizabethtown parsonage.
In 1873, Singer consolidated U.S. manufacturing in Elizabethport, helping shape Elizabeth’s emergence as an industrial city.
On May 26, 1668, New Jersey's first colonial General Assembly convened in Elizabethtown's original meetinghouse, a shared setting for worship and public business. The church visible today is a later successor, not the 1668 building.
Elizabeth’s 2026 Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony honored athletes, teams, scholarship recipients, and a proud tradition of local excellence.
Elizabeth celebrates the Welcome Station grand opening with speeches, music, community leaders, and Tour Ambassadors.
Opened in 2009, UCNJ’s Elizabeth I. Kellogg Building expanded the college’s downtown campus and became a major Midtown education anchor.
In 1992, Union County College opened the Sidney F. Lessner Building in downtown Elizabeth, creating a permanent home for its urban campus.
In 1979, Union College opened its Elizabeth Urban Education Center on Butler Street, expanding access to college courses and workforce training.
In 1975, Union College moved its Elizabeth urban campus to the YMCA on Madison Avenue, continuing its mission of expanding local college access.
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