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We would like to provide the residents of  Elbert  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Elbert Home page. The Elbert Home page provides as much information as possible on Elbert. Knowing Elbert’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Elbert’s Home page, you will also find Elbert’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Elbert has a population of 220. 58.2% of Elbert’s inhabitants are Male, and 41.8 are female. 39.6% of Elbert is married and 77.4% own their own home. Household median income in Elbert is $58,125, and the individual median income is $27,250. Elbert’s Ethnic is the following: White(100%), Hispanic(10%).


The Elbert post office has been in operation since 1875. The community takes its name from Elbert County.The most significant flood events in Elbert County occurred in 1935, 1965, 1997, and 1999. The most damaging flood was in 1935, when flooding on Kiowa Creek destroyed three-fourths of the structures location in Elbert and resulted in nine deaths, seven of them in Elbert.


All bridges were lost, 59 buildings were destroyed, water was 8 to 15 feet (2.4 to 4.6 m) deep, and there were 5 feet (1.5 m) of sand. Three-fourths of the town of Elbert was destroyed and not rebuilt.On 11 January 1998 a fireball was seen over Elbert County. On 4 March 2000 a stone of 680.5 g was found in a field by the five year old Dustin Riffel on the property of his family.


It was officially named "Elbert" and it was classified as an ordinary chondrite LL6.On June 15, 2009, at 1:46 pm, a large three quarter mile-wide, EF2 tornado touched down in rural fields west of the town. The tornado came within 2 miles (3 km) of the town at its closest. The tornado destroyed a barn at a farm and damaged an airplane hangar.


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