The name “Elizabeth” has been attributed to Elizabeth “Betsy” Tooley, a local tavern proprietress who donated much of the land for the new town. The Elizabeth City Historic District and Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District are protected to encourage heritage tourism.
The City of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County’s local communities always embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many positive-minded and inspiring people as well as historic local business-friendly communities.
Today, the City of Elizabeth City is a great place to start a new business. In the spirit of enterprising early settlers, Elizabeth City is a real place where local individual creativity and skills can thrive and self-starter local entrepreneurs can start their own dream business online or offline right here in Elizabeth City.
Business startups in retail sales, clothing, fashion, music, beauty, healthcare, legal, medical services, information technology, restaurants, online sales, cleaning services, beauty salons, barber shops, education technology, and construction are always in demand in a local growing community like Elizabeth City and local Pasquotank County communities. Shop Local! Buy Local!