Elberta

History

Elberta was first settled in 1855 and incorporated as South Frankfort in 1894. It was renamed Elberta in 1911 for the local Elberta peach. The village's founder is said to be George M. Cartwright. M-168, previously one of the shortest state highways in Michigan, extended from a junction with M-22 in downtown Elberta to the former Ann Arbor Railroad ferry docks in Elberta. This highway was decommissioned in 2012.

Geography

*According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and is water. The downtown is at . *Elberta is part of Northern Michigan. * is a north–south highway that runs through the village, paralleling the coast of Lake Michigan for its length. M-22 can be used to access Frankfort. * is a former highway that ran through the village, connecting M-22 to the former Ann Arbor Railroad ferry docks. This highway was decommissioned in 2012. In the same period, the Ann Arbor Railroad operated a train a day south to and from Cadillac, Owosso, Durand, Ann Arbor, and then to its southern terminus in Toledo, Ohio.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,348
• Song Sparrow

  Melospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
  4,943
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  4,872
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,729
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,614
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,236
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,808
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,796

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2024-08-02
  38 km ESE of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin