Do you know of Albany ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Albany. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Albany.<1>
Our sources for Albany (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Albany other than they indicate that Albany would be found somewhere in Henry County, Tennessee.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1837 and closed in 1872.
Communities Also Named Albany ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Albany.
There is one other community in Tennessee which is also named Albany.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 32 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 32 communities, 32 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Albany [Greene County].
- Greene County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Alameda County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Albany [Alameda County].
- Georgia
- Baker County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Albany [Baker County].
- Dougherty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Albany [Dougherty County].
- Illinois
- Whiteside County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Albany [Whiteside County].
- Indiana
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Albany [Delaware County].
- Noble County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Albany [Noble County].
- Iowa
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Albany [Fayette County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Albany [Clinton County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Stearns County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Albany [Stearns County].
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Albany [Sheridan County].
- New Hampshire
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Albany [Carroll County].
- New York
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Albany [Albany County].
- Ohio
- Ashland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Albany [Ashland County].
- Athens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Albany [Athens County].
- Tuscarawas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Albany [Tuscarawas County].
- Oklahoma
- Bryan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Albany [Bryan County].
- Oregon
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Albany [Linn County].
- Pennsylvania
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Albany.
- Texas
- Shackelford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Albany [Shackelford County].
- Vermont
- Orleans County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Albany [Orleans County].
- Wisconsin
- Green County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Albany [Green County].
- Wyoming
- Albany County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Albany [Albany County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Albany ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Albany:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Albany - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Henry County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Henry County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Albany 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |