Editing Elberta, Michigan (section)

==Geography==
*According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.99|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.74|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=January 25, 2012 }}</ref> The downtown is at {{coord|44|37|10|N|86|13|35|W|}}.
*Elberta is part of [[Northern Michigan]].

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|22}} is a north–south highway that runs through the village, paralleling the coast of [[Lake Michigan]] for its length. M-22 can be used to access Frankfort.
*{{jct|state=MI|M 1973|168}} is a former highway that ran through the village, connecting M-22 to the former [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976)|Ann Arbor Railroad]] ferry docks. This highway was decommissioned in 2012.<ref name="MoU" />

===Ferry and rail transport===
From the 1890s to July 1950, the [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)|Ann Arbor Railroad]] operated launched ferries from docks at Elberta. The ferries crossed Lake Michigan to two points in Wisconsin, and a fourth ferry line went north to [[Gladstone, Michigan]] in the [[Michigan Upper Peninsula]].<ref name="Railways, 1950">''Official Guide of the Railways,'' January 1950, Ann Arbor section</ref><ref>American Rails, "Ann Arbor Railroad" https://www.american-rails.com/ann.html</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/information_and_exhibits/michigan's_ann_arbor_railroads/a_brief_history.html |title=A Brief History |publisher=Central Michigan University—Clarke Historical Library |date=February 5, 2010 |accessdate=October 19, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203085713/http://clarke.cmich.edu/resource_tab/information_and_exhibits/michigan%27s_ann_arbor_railroads/a_brief_history.html |archivedate= February 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the same period, the Ann Arbor Railroad operated a train a day south to and from Cadillac, Owosso, Durand, Ann Arbor, and then to its southern terminus in [[Toledo, Ohio]].<ref name="Railways, 1950"/>