Elbert is an unincorporated town, a

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, and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Elbert County,

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. The CDP is a part of the

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. The Elbert post office has the ZIP Code 80106. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Elbert CDP was 188.

History

The Elbert post office has been in operation since 1875. The community takes its name from Elbert County. The most significant flood events in Elbert County occurred in 1935, 1965, 1997, and 1999. The most damaging flood was in 1935, when flooding on Kiowa Creek destroyed three-fourths of the structures location in Elbert and resulted in nine deaths, seven of them in Elbert. All bridges were lost, 59 buildings were destroyed, water was deep, and there were of sand. Three-fourths of the town of Elbert was destroyed and not rebuilt. On 11 January 1998 a fireball was seen over Elbert County. On 4 March 2000 a stone of 680.5 g was found in a field by the-five-year old Dustin Riffel on the property of his family. It was officially named "Elbert" and it was classified as an ordinary chondrite LL6. On June 15, 2009, at 1:46 p.m., a large three-quarter mile-wide, EF2 tornado touched down in rural fields west of the town. The tornado came within of the town at its closest. The tornado destroyed a barn at a farm and damaged an airplane hangar.

Today

In Elbert today you can find a small community with a lot of ranchers and farmers. The Elbert School was rebuilt.

Geography

Elbert is located in the valley of Kiowa Creek. Elbert Road leads north to

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and south to Eastonville.

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is to the southwest via Elbert Road and

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. During the summer, Elbert is much busier due to a nearby

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camp, Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, which has 10,000 visitors annually. south of Elbert lies the JCC Ranch Camp, a

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camp owned by the

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. The Elbert CDP has an area of , all land.

Demographics

The

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initially defined the for the

Transportation

Elbert lies along Elbert Road, which connects the town of

to U.S. Highway 24. The largest nearby city is Castle Rock, which is about 45 minutes away via SH 86, which Elbert Road crosses at Kiowa.

is an hour drive via US 24.

References

External links

Elbert @ Colorado.comElbert @ UncoverColorado.comElbert School DistrictElbert Community Bulletin BoardElbert County websiteElbert County Community Homepage
{{authority control Census-designated places in Elbert County, Colorado Census-designated places in Colorado Denver metropolitan area