Welcome to Albano ...

Albano is located in Orange County<1>.

The location of Albano has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

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.<3>.

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

The area code for Albano: (540)

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
  • Charlottesville is located in Charlottesville City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlottesville <4>
• Orange
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <4>
• Gordonsville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
  • Gordonsville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonsville <4>
• Stanardsville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanardsville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanardsville
  • Stanardsville is located in Greene County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 393 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanardsville <4>
• Madison
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madison have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 238 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <4>
• Dawsonville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dawsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawsonville
  • Dawsonville is located in Greene County
• Quinque
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinque
  • Quinque is located in Greene County
• Advance Mills Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
  • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
• Montpelier Station
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Montpelier Station. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montpelier Station
  • Montpelier Station is located in Orange County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montpelier Station <4>
• Advance Mills
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
  • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
  • Advance Mills has also been known as:
  • Fray's Mills

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 for Albano was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

We also found Albano on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Albano.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Albano. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Orange County: www.orangecountyva.gov/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/