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==History== Elizabeth was [[plat]]ted in 1872, and named for Elizabeth Niggler, the wife of an early settler.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n413 394]}}</ref> A post office was established under the name Elizabethtown in 1871, and the name was changed to Elizabeth in 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Otter+Tail |title=Otter Tail County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=July 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302201850/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Otter+Tail |archive-date=March 2, 2016 }}</ref>
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