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, and operated under the Louisiana Purchase, the Mandan Region or Territory, in 1837; the Territory of Wisconsin, Minnesota Territory, in 1854-61; the Dakota Territory in 1861. County seat is in Laramie.

Source: WPA

 

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	Man-Made
Airports	Ghost Towns	Populated Places
Bridges	Levees	Post Offices
Canals	Locales	Ranches
Cemeteries	Mines	Reservoirs
Civil (Counties)	Notable Structures	Schools
Dams	Oilfields	Stations
Forts	Parks	Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Natural
Arches	Crossings	Ranges
Areas	Falls	Rapids
Arroyos	Flats	Reserves
Bars	Forests	Ridges
Bays	Gaps	Slopes
Basins	Geysers	Springs
Benches	Glaciers	Streams
Bends	Guts	Summits
Capes	Islands	Swamps
Channels	Lakes	Trails
Cliffs	Pillars	Tunnels
Craters	Plains	Valleys

 

 

 

 

 

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