Elberta is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Blair County
Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg. The county was created on February 26, 1846, from parts of Huntingdon and Bedford counties.
Blai ...
,
Pennsylvania
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census.
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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 Brush Mountain may refer to:
United States
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Other countries
* Brush Mountain (Alberta) Brush Mountain may refer to:
United States
The US ...
. Sinking Run flows northeast into Sinking Valley and joins the Little Juniata River
The Little Juniata River, sometimes called the "Little J," is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Juniata River in the Susquehanna 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 to Altoona, while to the northeast it leads through Sinking Valley to Pennsylvania Route 453
Pennsylvania Route 453 (PA 453) is a state highway located in Huntingdon, Blair, and Clearfield counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Water Street; the northern terminus is at PA 879 in Curwensvi ...
.
Demographics
References
Census-designated places in Blair County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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