Place: Albany, Georgia
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, Georgia was given our name by its founder (from Connecticut) in 1836, because it was also at the navigable head of a river; it also had a significant railroad heritage. Today it's the second-largest Albany in terms of population (77,434 people in 2010).

Place: Albany, Kentucky
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, Kentucky was so-named when the location was voted to be the seat of Clinton County government in 1837, presumably because Albany, New York was also a noted seat of government.

Place: Albany, New Hampshire
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, New Hampshire is a town in the White Mountains. It was previously called Burton, until it was annexed to another county in 1857 and renamed Albany. This is said to have been some relation to the New York Central Railroad, but the reasoning is unclear.

Place: Albany, Oregon
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, Oregon is perhaps our farthest namesake, named in honor of our city in 1848; it is situated on the Calapooia and Willamette rivers. While not the first settlers in the area, brothers Walter and Thomas Monteith bought a claim of 320 acres, plotted out 60 acres as a town site, and named it for their hometown of Albany, New York. (For this privilege, they paid $400 and a horse.) James P. Millar of Albany, New York followed the Monteiths to Albany, Oregon, and as a Presbyterian missionary helped form an Albany Academy there, a predecessor of Lewis & Clark College.

Place: Albany, California
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, California is another well-known Albany, in the San Francisco Bay area, directly adjacent to Berkeley. It was first incorporated as Ocean View, in 1908, but in order to differentiate itself from the identically named section of Berkeley, residents voted just a year later to name it in honor of Albany, New York, the birthplace of their first mayor, Frank Roberts. (The vote was 38 to 6, by the way.) Another similarity we might strive for: the city is best known for the Albany Bulb, a former landfill that has been transformed into a significant park.

Place: Albany, Oklahoma
Named for Albany, New York?: yes
Information: Albany, Oklahoma may well be our smallest namesake. It's an unincorporated community in Bryan County, with a population of 122, but it's had a post office since 1894.

Place: Albany, Illinois
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Place: Albany, Indiana
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Place: Albany, Iowa
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Place: Albany, Louisiana
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Place: Albany, Minnesota
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Place: Albany, Missouri
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Place: Albany, Nebraska
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Place: Albany, Ohio
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Place: Albany, Pennsylvania
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Place: Albany, Tennessee
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Place: Albany, Vermont
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Place: Albany, Wisconsin
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Place: Albany, Wyoming
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Place: Albany, Texas
Named for Albany, New York?: no
Information: Named for Albany, Georgia (which was named for Albany, New York)