Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Albany came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Albany in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Albany. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Albany data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Albany:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Albany was listed as Albany Courthouse.

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Albany was listed as Albany Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Albany was listed as Albany Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of New York (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for New York (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Albany is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Albany in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Albany for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Albany. See our Misc Page for Albany for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Albany:

Albany was mentioned in the following schedules:

Canadian Pacific Railroad Time Tables (October 1899)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Albany: www.albanyny.org/

The official website for Albany County: www.albanycounty.com/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/