Elizabeth is a town in and the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 724 as of the 2020 census. The site of Elizabeth was first settled by William Beauchamp in 1796 when it was still part of the original, vast Harrison County, Virginia. It was known as "Beauchamp's Mills" until …Elizabeth is a town in and the county seat of Wirt County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 724 as of the 2020 census. The site of Elizabeth was first settled by William Beauchamp in 1796 when it was still part of the original, vast Harrison County, Virginia. It was known as "Beauchamp's Mills" until 1817 when it was renamed for Elizabeth Beauchamp, the wife of William's son David Beauchamp. Elizabeth was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1822 and became the county seat when Wirt County was created in 1848.
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