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Living in Elizabeth - NoDa
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Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, in the United States. The population was 17,188 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pasquotank CountyGR6. Elizabeth City was founded as the town of Redding in 1793 on land acquired from Adam and Elizabeth Tooley. In 1794 the town was renamed Elizabeth, and in 1801 Elizabeth City. The name change has been variously attributed to honor either Queen Elizabeth I of England, who 200 years earlier spearheaded the colonization of the Carolina and Virginia coasts, or Elizabeth "Betsy" Tooley. Elizabeth City is located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region, and is nicknamed the "Harbor of Hospitality®".
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Elizabeth - NoDa Culture
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Some interesting facts:
- Nine-ball legend Luther Lassiter was born in Elizabeth City, and developed much of his skill at pool in the City Billiards pool hall there during the Great Depression.
- Theodore Roosevelt visited the Pasquotank River to consider the location for the shipyard that would later become the Naval Station Norfolk -- Citation needed: Naval Station Norfolk has never been a shipyard (ie, an overhaul and repair facility for ships), and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA substantially predates Teddy Roosevelt.
- Robert Frost had traveled into and was stranded in the nearby Dismal Swamp, but was saved by some passerbys, who brought him to stay in Elizabeth City for a few weeks.
- A woman named Nell Cropsey is renowned as the subject of Elizabeth City's relatively well-known murder mystery. The story of her unresolved disappearance has been chronicled by Bland Simpson, an author and historian who is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The annual "Ghost Walk" in Elizabeth City commemorates the legend, alongside other local tales, with re-enactments performed by local raconteurs.
- The Wright brothers sometimes used Elizabeth City as a stopover to the Outer Banks to gather supplies and catch a boat. They stayed in the old Southern Hotel, which is no longer operational as a hotel.
- In 2006, filming for a scene of the Kevin Costner & Ashton Kutcher movie The Guardian took place at the USCG base. Many of the employees at the base were used as extras.
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Elizabeth - NoDa Education
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* College of the Albemarle
* Elizabeth City State University
* Roanoke Bible College
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Elizabeth - NoDa Lifestyle
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Elizabeth City is home to Elizabeth City State University, a constituent member of the University of North Carolina System. The university encompasses a moderate area within city limits and houses more than 2,500 students.
Greater Elizabeth City (Pasquotank County) has 6 National Register Historic Districts and 6 resources that are listed individually on the National Register.
Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, the largest United States Coast Guard Air Station on the East Coast, is located directly south of Elizabeth City's city limits. Recently incorporated into the United States Department of Homeland Security, the base provides a host of local jobs and maintains an influx of Coast Guard employees from all around the country.
The USCG Air Station and training center in Elizabeth City, NC was also featured in numerous scenes, though made to look like Kodiak, Alaska, for the 2006 Disney production of The Guardian.
Elizabeth City is also home to one of the United States' few airship factories [1]. Many of the nation's commercial blimps are made and serviced here. The current airship station evolved from what was previously a US Navy airstation.
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