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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Albany (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Albany. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Albany is primarily located in Linn County and is the County Seat. A portion of Albany extends into Benton County.

To see how the shape of Oregon's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Linn County: Benton, Deschutes, Jefferson, Lane, Marion & Polk.

Below are the counties that are near Albany. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Albany:

  • Linn County     (The home county of Albany)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Draperville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Millersburg
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
      • Millersburg is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,757 people
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Millersburg
      • From Albany to Millersburg
    • Tangent
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangent
      • Tangent is located in Linn County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tangent <3>
    • Irvinville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvinville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
      • Irvinville is located in Linn County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Irvinville
      • From Albany to Irvinville
    • Oakville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
      • Oakville is located in Linn County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Oakville
      • From Albany to Oakville
    • Crabtree
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Boston ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boston
      • Boston is located in Linn County
      • Boston has also been known as:
      • Boston Mills
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Boston
      • From Albany to Boston
    • Shedd
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Lebanon
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • West Scio
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Scio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Scio
      • West Scio is located in Linn County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to West Scio
      • From Albany to West Scio
    • South Lebanon
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Lebanon
      • South Lebanon is located in Linn County
    • Scio
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Benton County
  • Lane County
    • Junction City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
      • Junction City is located in Lane County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,211 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <3>
  • Marion County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.
    • Jefferson
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Santiam City ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santiam City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santiam City
      • Santiam City is located in Marion County
    • Marion
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • West Stayton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Turner
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turner have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Turner is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,130 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turner <3>
    • Aumsville
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Stayton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stayton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stayton
      • Stayton is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,256 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stayton <3>
    • Sublimity
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sublimity have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublimity
      • Sublimity is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,784 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sublimity <3>
    • Four Corners
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Salem
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Macleay
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Macleay. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macleay
      • Macleay is located in Marion County
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Macleay
      • From Albany to Macleay
    • Badger Corner
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Polk County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Albany, see our County-by-County Page for Albany.

Cemeteries Near Albany ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Albany.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Albany covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Albany had a population of 3,079 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Albany had a population of 56,129 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Albany, with the one closest to Albany listed first.

  • Fry
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fry have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fry
    • Fry is located in Linn County
  • Millersburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
    • Millersburg is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,757 people
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Millersburg
    • From Albany to Millersburg
  • Tangent
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tangent have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tangent
    • Tangent is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,357 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tangent <3>
  • Tallman
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tallman have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tallman
    • Tallman is located in Linn County
  • Spicer
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spicer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spicer
    • Spicer is located in Linn County
  • Irvinville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Irvinville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvinville
    • Irvinville is located in Linn County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Irvinville
    • From Albany to Irvinville
  • Jefferson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wellsdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wellsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsdale
    • Wellsdale is located in Benton County
  • Lewisburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Oakville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Oakville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<1>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
    • Oakville is located in Linn County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Oakville
    • From Albany to Oakville
  • Corvallis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Plainview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainview have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Plainview is located in Linn County
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Albany. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albany.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Albany ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 124 newspapers that have been published in the area around Albany.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Albany. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Albany and those printed in the larger area surrounding Albany.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 23 miles [37 km]<6> of Albany.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Albany:

The official website for Albany: www.ci.albany.or.us/

The official website for Linn County: www.co.linn.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>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 Albany, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Albany) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Albany. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.6174, Longitude: -123.0829    









 

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