Alba, Michigan

Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States

44°58′29″N 84°58′07″W / 44.97472°N 84.96861°W / 44.97472; -84.96861CountryUnited StatesStateMichiganCountyAntrimTownshipsChestonia and StarEstablished1876Area

^[1]

• Total2.73 sq mi (7.07 km²) • Land2.73 sq mi (7.07 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

1,178 ft (359 m)Population

(2020)

• Total287 • Density105.32/sq mi (40.66/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code(s)

49611

Area code231GNIS feature ID619894^[2]

Alba is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Antrim County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 287 at the 2020 census.

Located just north of Mancelona along U.S. Route 131, Alba is divided between Star Township on the east and Chestonia Township on the west.

History

Alba was first settled as a flag station named Cascade along the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad in 1876. At the time, it was part of Forest Home Township, Michigan. A post office opened on December 4, 1877, and the village was platted the next year. The name was changed to Alba in 1884 after local entertainer Alba Haywood.^[3]

The community of Alba was listed as a newly-organized census-designated place for the 2010 census, meaning it now has officially defined boundaries and population statistics for the first time.^[4]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Alba CDP has an area of 2.73 square miles (7.07 km²), all land.^[1]

Demographics

Alba consists of 128 households, of which the median income is $79,808. The employment rate is 84.2%. The population of Alba is approximately 94% White, 0.6% Black, 0.3% Hispanic or Latino, and 3.4% are two or more races^[5]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	295	—
2020	287	−2.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alba, Michigan
^ Romig, Walter (October 1, 1986) [1973]. Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Paperback). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8143-1838-6. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing" (PDF). 2010 United States Census. United States Census Bureau. September 2012. p. III-4. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.