Welcome to Albion ...
So far, we have found very little information about Albion. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Albion to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Albion - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Albion, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Albion, we believe that it would have been located within present day Harper County<2>.
We don't have a date for the establishment of Albion.
The community of Albion was previously named Gourock.
Time Zone: The area where Albion was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Albion would have been located in the (620) area code.
Adding Albion to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
That's the case with Albion: The earliest book where we found it mentioned was in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Albion on a Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911).
For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Albion on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named Albion ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Kansas communities named Albion: This one is located in Harper County and the other is located in Republic County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 36 communities that are also named Albion - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Delaware, Florida (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Albion.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Harper County: www.harpercounty.org/
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Albion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Harper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |