Town file
Elizabeth, West Virginia
Elizabeth, West Virginia (Wirt County, West Virginia) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 272, "Groundhog For Breakfast" (9 April 2022). In June 1980 the small town of Elizabeth, West Virginia, in the hills of the northern panhandle, was the setting for a day-long quarrel that turned into a running gunfight and a killing.
- Town
- Elizabeth
- County
- Wirt County
- State
- West Virginia
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 272
- Approximate location
- 39.062, -81.397
Episode 272 / 9 April 2022 / 61 min / express
Groundhog For Breakfast
"This is Elizabeth, West Virginia, in northwestern West Virginia in the Panhandle part of the state." about 0:03:38
The case: Murder of Robert 'Bob' Lilly (June 7, 1980). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 819
- Median household income
- $19,973
- Median home value
- $53,500
- Cost of living
- 74 out of 100
History, in brief
- James says the town was named after the queen. about 0:03:46
- The town sits in a holler, a small valley between two hills, with nothing around it for a while. about 0:04:26
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Parkersburg, West Virginia16 miles
- Caldwell, Ohio48 miles
- Nitro, West Virginia50 miles
- Dunbar, West Virginia51 miles
- Clarksburg, West Virginia57 miles
- Logan, Ohio63 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.