Elberta, MI

Elberta is a village in Benzie County, Michigan, United States. The 2020 census counted 329 residents. Located in Gilmore Township, Elberta overlooks Lake Michigan and lies across Betsie Lake from Frankfort. Elberta is part of Northern Michigan. A newcomer can read Elberta through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Elberta comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Elberta was first settled in 1855 and incorporated as South Frankfort in 1894. Elberta was renamed Elberta in 1911 for the local Elberta peach. From the 1890s to July 1950, the Ann Arbor Railroad operated launched ferries from docks at Elberta.