Name: Albany County
County: Albany
Authority Name: Albany County (Wyo.)
GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1054202W
Latitude: 414000N
Elevation: 6998/2133
(ft/m)
Feature Type: County
Origin of Name:
Named for the city of Albany, New York. Albany, New York was named for the Duke of York, whose Scotch title was "Duke of Albany," later James II of England.
Source: Gannett, 1905
Named for the city of Albany, New York, by a former resident of that place who served in the Dakota Territorial Legislature. It was one of the four original counties in existence prior to the organization of Wyoming as a territory. County seat is in Laramie.
Source: WPA
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