Elberta is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Blair County Blair County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 122,822. Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, Holli ...

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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

Geography

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

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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

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Demographics

Education

The school district is

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Altoona Area High School Altoona Area High School (AAHS) is the public high school for the Altoona Area School District in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The high school serves the communities of Altoona, Logan Township, and a small portion of Tyrone Township. The school di ...

is the comprehensive high school.

References

Census-designated places in Blair County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{BlairCountyPA-geo-stub