The city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the semi-suburban bedroom community of nearby Linden have played host to the only homegrown mafia borgata in the entire state – the DeCavalcante Family of LCN.
With a current population just shy of 130,000 residents, the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey, located in Union County, is the fourth largest city in the entire state of Jersey. Originally called Elizabethtown, it was founded back in 1664.
It is a geographically small city less than 14 square miles in size and has as its neighbors the towns of Linden to its southwest, Roselle and Roselle Park to the west, Union and Hillside to its northwest, and the bustling City of Newark to the north.
The Elizabeth River separates it from the adjoining City of Bayonne, and the County of Staten Island, one of New York City’s five boroughs. The sections of Elizabeth and Linden have a very diverse populous, but Italians are and have always been, a dominant ethnicity in the area’s population. So much so, that the Italian City of Ribera, Sicily, is named a “sister city”.
Elizabeth is a highly industrialized area, that hosts important shipping operations, including the huge Port Newark/Elizabeth Marine Terminal, with its sprawling acreage and large facilities for containerized shipping. The area also supports many major manufacturing and distribution facilities, for both local and nationwide companies, in many varied industries.
It is a vibrant and important gateway to industry and commerce for both the States of New Jersey, its New York neighbor, and for that matter the entire nation.-It is also a very important area for the Mafia!
Note: For even more history, please see The DeCavalcante Family Leadership Chart (pictorial hierarchy chart), The DeCavalcante “Queens Crew” (crew chart), The DeCavalcante Family “Brooklyn Crew” (crew chart), and The Sunset of the DeCavalcante Clan (status of the DeCavalcante Family today).
In fact, the Northern New Jersey area has played a pivotal role in Cosa Nostra since its very inception in this country.
In particular, the city of Elizabeth, and the semi-suburban bedroom community of nearby Linden, have played host to the only homegrown mafia borgata in the entire state, the DeCavalcante Family of LCN.
