Local History

Hozial Howland and his son Ira, natives of Rhode Island, became the first settlers in the area in 1835.  Elba Township was organized in 1838 and this village, founded in 1871, was named after it.  A station on the Grand Trunk Railroad.

Informational excerpts from Michigan Place Names, by Walter Romig, L.H.D.

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