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Elizabethtown is a town in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,698 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bladen County. Elizabethtown is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.

Elizabethtown is located at 34.625691, -78.612270.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 12.0 km² (4.6 mi²). 11.9 km² (4.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.65%) is water.

Bladen County was first settled by Highland Scots who came to the Cape Fear Valley in 1734, fleeing political and economic hardship in Scotland. There is little evidence that this exodus was due to religious persecution, as is often assumed (for more see Revolution and Aftermath and Causes of Immigration). By the year 1753, there were about 5,000 people living in the county. Of the 100 counties in North Carolina, 55 were once a part of Bladen County which accounts for the name "Bladen, The Mother County." The town of Elizabethtown was founded in March, 1773 and named the county seat. It is the fiftieth oldest town in North Carolina.

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