Alba, MI

Alba is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 census counted 287 residents. Located just north of Mancelona along U.S. Route 131, Alba is divided between Star Township on the east and Chestonia Township on the west. Alba was first settled as a flag station named Cascade along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1876. Alba's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Michigan setting. The local scoop is how Alba's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. At the time, it was part of Forest Home Township, Michigan.