Alba, Michigan
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|official_name = Alba, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
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|map_caption = Location within Antrim County
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Antrim
|subdivision_type3 = Townships
|subdivision_name3 = Chestonia and Star
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|established_title = Established
|established_date = 1876
|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 7.07
|area_land_km2 = 7.07
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 2.73
|area_land_sq_mi = 2.73
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
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|population_total = 287
|population_density_km2 = 40.66
|population_density_sq_mi = 105.32
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 49611
|area_code = 231
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|blank_info = 619894{{GNIS|619894|Alba, Michigan}}
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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.{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |work=Great Lakes Books Series |type=Paperback |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=14}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf|title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing | date = September 2012|publisher = United States Census Bureau| work = 2010 United States census| accessdate = January 21, 2020|page=III-4}}
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Alba CDP has an area of {{convert|2.73|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.
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{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Alba_CDP,_Michigan?g=160XX00US2600900 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=data.census.gov}}{{US Census population
|2010= 295
|2020= 287
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Antrim County, Michigan}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Antrim County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Antrim County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan