Elberta is a village in Benzie County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 329 at the 2020 census. Located in Gilmore Township, Elberta overlooks Lake Michigan and lies across Betsie Lake from Frankfort. Elberta is part of Northern Michigan.
Lake Michigan from Elberta Bluffs
These Ann Arbor Railroad cars and steamships would have been familiar sights in Elberta in 1911, when this timetable was printed.
Benzie County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,970. The county seat is Beulah. The county was initially set off in 1863 and organized in 1869. At 321 square miles (830 km2), Benzie County is the smallest of the 83 counties in Michigan in terms of land area.
Old Benzie County Courthouse in Beulah
Frankfort Light
Point Betsie Light
Frankfort Harbor; the mouth of the Betsie River at Lake Michigan