Alba (Hancock County, OH) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Alba, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Alba and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Hancock County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Hancock County

Communities Also Named Alba ...

We found nine communities that share the name Alba.

Within Ohio, the name Alba is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - San Joaquin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alba [San Joaquin County].
- Michigan
  - Antrim County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alba [Antrim County].
- Missouri
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alba [Jasper County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Alba.
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alba.
- Oregon
  - Umatilla County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alba [Umatilla County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bradford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Alba [Bradford County].
- South Carolina
  - Greenville County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Alba [Greenville County].
- Texas
  - Wood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alba [Wood County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hancock County: www.co.hancock.oh.us/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Alba could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.