Town of Elizabeth

Elizabeth took its name from the daughter of Sam Parks, one of the men behind the Industrial Lumber Company's Calcasieu Paper Mill. It was planned as a company town to house and serve the mill's workers, and the hospital built for the mill is now the Village Hall. The census counted 1,113 people in 1950, 1,030 in 1960 and 504 in 1970. On January 23, 1964, Governor Jimmie H. Davis signed the proclamation making Elizabeth the fifth incorporated town in Allen Parish, and it has since become a village.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Coushatta Powwow and Koasati Heritage Day — 22 mi
  The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana's annual powwow and its free Koasati Heritage Day, held at the tribe's resort in Kinder.
• Epps House: Solomon Northup's Gateway to Freedom — 31 mi
  The Creole cottage Solomon Northup helped build for the man who enslaved him, moved twice and now a small museum on the LSU Alexandria campus.

More markers nearby

• Sugartown — 13 mi
• Sawmills & Electric Plant — 15 mi
• Fullerton Mill & Town — 15 mi
• Long Leaf Depot — 17 mi