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Welcome to Albano ...

Albano is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Albano, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Albano is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Albano lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Albano: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Albano ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Albano - it's located in Kansas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Albano.

Communities near Albano ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Albano.

  • Charlottesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Orange
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gordonsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Stanardsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Dawsonville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Gilbert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Quinque
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quinque is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Advance Mills Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
  • Montpelier Station
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Albano. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Albano.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Albano. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Albano.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Albano. See our Newspapers Page for Albano.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Albano ...

Looking for more information about Albano? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Albano, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Albano.

Adding Albano to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Albano in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Albano was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Albano post office opened in 1893. The Albano post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Albano.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Albano - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Albano area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Albano area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/