Name: Albin

County: Laramie

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1040554W

Latitude: 412504N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 5338/1627

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for John Albin Anderson, first postmaster, (appointed in 1905 by Teddy Roosevelt and to 1936 was only postmaster to hold the post.) The town site was laid out in 1928 by the Union Pacific Railroad.  Mr. Anderson moved the store and post office from his farm to town at that time.  

Source: WPA

Named for John Albin Anderson, the town's first postmaster.

Source: Annals 14(3)

Other Names: 

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History:

Albin Post Office was established in February, 1905 with J. Albin Anderson as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

A postoffice in Laramie County. Stage from Pine Bluffs. Stock raising and farming the leading industries.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

Stories:

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Albin

Newspapers:

More Information: 

Inventors from Albin in the Wyoming Inventors Database

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