Welcome to Albion ...
So far, we 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>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Albion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
Time Zone: The area where Albion was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Albion was located: 620
Communities Also Named Albion ...
Using our Gazetteer, we 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.
Adding Albion to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Albion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
X2X - From that list, the Albion post office opened in 1883.
We also found Albion in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Albion.
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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |