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

 

Albany County was carved from the western part of Laramie County the following December, and Laramie City became its county seat. Charles Bradley christened the baby Albany to honor the capital city of his native state, New York. Its birth coincided with the building of the first transcontinental railway.

Source: Wyoming 75th Anniversary Commission

 

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Newspapers

 

More Information: 

Christiansen, Cleo. Sagebrush Settlements. Lovell, Wyo.: Cleo Christiansen, 1967. 

Clough, Wilson O. Some Wyoming Place Names. Denver: Western Folklore Conference, University of Denver, July 9, 1942.

 

Places of Albany County