Editing Albany County, Wyoming (section)

==History==
Albany County was organized in 1868 of territory annexed from [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]] in [[Dakota Territory]], which at the time had jurisdiction over part of modern-day Wyoming.<ref>{{Google books|Sas4AAAAIAAJ|General Laws and Memorials and Resolutions of the Territory of Dakota, 1869}}</ref> It became a county in [[Wyoming Territory]] when its government was formally organized on May 19, 1869.<ref name=chronology>{{cite web|url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Wyoming/documents/WY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies|title=Wyoming: Individual County Chronologies|access-date=September 5, 2011|last=Long|first=John H.|year=2006|work=Wyoming Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The Newberry Library|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718043802/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Wyoming/documents/WY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Dakota_Territory/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies|title=Dakota Territory, South Dakota, and North Dakota: Individual County Chronologies|access-date=January 31, 2008|last=Long|first=John H.|year=2006|work=Dakota Territory Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The Newberry Library|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112115751/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Dakota_Territory/documents/DAKs_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|archive-date=November 12, 2007}}</ref>

Charles D. Bradley, a member of the legislature of the [[Dakota Territory]] named the county for [[Albany, New York]], the capital of his native state.<ref>{{cite book|last=Urbanek|first=Mae|title=Wyoming Place Names|publisher=Mountain Press Publishing Co.|location=Missoula MT|year=1988|isbn=0-87842-204-8}}</ref> In 1875, the [[Wyoming Territory|Wyoming Territorial legislature]] authorized portions of Albany County to be annexed to build [[Crook County, Wyoming|Crook]] and [[Johnson County, Wyoming|Johnson]] counties, and in 1888 land was taken from Albany County for the creation of [[Converse County, Wyoming|Converse County]]. Further adjustments were made to the county's boundary in 1911 and 1955.