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History · Albany

26% of Albany’s homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers and maps from 1932 on.

0on the National Register
26%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
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What stands out about Albany’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Albany’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albany’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewMethodist Church: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Albany, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Albany yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Albany ( AWL-bə-nee) is a town in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 716 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 676 to 716 (+6%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Albany, 1871 to 1932

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe East Pepin post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1900Post officeThe East Pepin post office closes
  5. 1907In the archiveMethodist Church
  6. 1932On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Albany, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s2 items
Methodist Church1907Methodist ChurchBaptist Church1907Baptist Church
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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On the map

Albany on the map, 1932 to 1973

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Albany. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Albany on the 1932 USGS mapAlbany on the 1973 USGS map1932Mondovi sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Albany.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Methodist Church
Retake this viewMethodist Church, 1907

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Albany’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Albany

Nobody well known was born in Albany itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Helen ParkhurstAmerican educator, author, and lecturer · b. 1887
Roderick StrongAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1983
Justin VernonAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1981
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George N. Gillett, Jr.American businessman · b. 1938
Stanley BlystoneActor · b. 1894
Jake McCabeAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1993
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, East Pepin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
East Pepin SchoolschoolGerman Valley SchoolschoolLittle Red SchoolschoolParadise Valley SchoolschoolPleasant Hill SchoolschoolWhite Block Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Albany
East PepinGerman Valley

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

LimaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRock CreekIts storyC+DrammenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMondoviIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Albany’s history

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.