Official Name: | Elberta, Pennsylvania |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Elberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Coordinates: | 40.5125°N -78.3242°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Blair |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Tyrone |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.63 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.63 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.63 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.63 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 271 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 430.84 |
Population Density Km2: | 166.46 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1765 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 16601 (Altoona) |
Area Code: | 814/582 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-22776 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2805492 |
Elberta is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
The CDP is in central Blair County, in the southern end of Tyrone Township. It is at the headwaters of Sinking Run, in a valley between two arms of Brush Mountain. Sinking Run flows northeast into Sinking Valley and joins the Little Juniata River at the northeastern end of Tyrone Township.
Kettle Road is the only through road in Elberta. It leads west through the Kettle Creek water gap in Brush Mountain 4miles to Altoona, while to the northeast it leads through Sinking Valley to Pennsylvania Route 453.