Editing Albany, New Hampshire

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Albany, New Hampshire
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|image_skyline            = AlbanyNH ChapelAndMuseum.jpg
|image_seal               = 
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|image_caption            = Albany Chapel, Museum, and Town Offices
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|image_map                = Carroll-Albany-NH.png
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]]
|settlement_type          = Town
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[New Hampshire]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in New Hampshire|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll]]
|parts_type               = Villages
|parts                    = {{ubl|Albany|[[Ferncroft, New Hampshire|Ferncroft]]}}
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Board of selectmen|Board of Selectmen]]
|leader_name              = {{ubl|Rick Hiland|Kelly Robitaille|James Drouin}}
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = [[Incorporation (municipal government)|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1833
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web |title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files – New Hampshire |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2021_Gazetteer/2021_gaz_cousubs_33.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 196.2
|area_total_sq_mi         = 
|area_land_km2            = 194.6
|area_land_sq_mi          = 
|area_water_km2           = 1.5
|area_water_sq_mi         = 
|area_water_percent       = 0.79
|population_as_of         = 2020
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=0600000US3300300420&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=Albany town, Carroll County, New Hampshire: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|population_total         = 759
|population_density_km2   = 3.9
|population_density_sq_mi = 
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time Zone|Eastern]]
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|57|36|N|71|11|37|W|region:US-NH|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 
|elevation_ft             = 680
|website                  = {{URL|www.albanynh.org}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 03818
|area_code                = [[Area code 603|603]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 33-00420
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0873526
|footnotes                = 
}}
'''Albany''' is a [[New England town|town]] in [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. The population was 759 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

Most of Albany is within the southeastern corner of the [[White Mountain National Forest]], including [[Mount Chocorua]] and [[Mount Paugus]]. Albany is the entrance to the [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]] Valley, and features a {{convert|120|ft|m|adj=on}} [[covered bridge]] that spans the [[Swift River (Saco River)|Swift River]] just north of the [[Kancamagus Highway]]. Albany is also home to the [[World Fellowship Center]], an intergenerational camp and conference retreat center founded in 1941 by and for peace activists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Fellowship Center |url=https://worldfellowship.org/ |access-date=April 13, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==

The community was first chartered in 1766 by [[Colony|colonial]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] as "Burton", for General Jonathan Burton of [[Wilton, New Hampshire]]. The town was incorporated and renamed "Albany" in 1833, when the [[New York Central Railroad]] from [[New York City]] to [[Albany, New York]], was chartered.

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|196.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|194.6|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 0.79% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> It is drained by the [[Swift River (Saco River tributary)|Swift River]] in the north and the [[Chocorua River]] in the south. The town lies fully within the [[Saco River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N.|author3=Medalie, Laura |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995}}</ref> [[Mount Chocorua]], the highest point in Albany, has an elevation of {{convert|3474|ft|m}}, and Mount Paugus has an elevation of {{convert|3201|ft|m|abbr=on}}.

Eighty-five percent of the area in the town is part of the [[White Mountain National Forest]].<ref>[http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803072027/http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/ |date=August 3, 2013 }}</ref> Most residential development occurs in the southeastern portion of the town, along [[New Hampshire Route 16]]. [[New Hampshire Route 112|Route 112]], the [[Kancamagus Highway]], runs east-west along the Swift River and is nearly entirely within the national forest. The former village of Passaconaway occupies a broad valley along the Kancamagus Highway in the northwestern part of the town. The area is now a national forest visitor attraction. Other place names within the town limits include [[Ferncroft, New Hampshire|Ferncroft]], in the extreme southwest corner of town, and the former site of Paugus Mill, along the town's southern boundary.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Bartlett, New Hampshire|Bartlett]] (north)
* [[Hale's Location, New Hampshire|Hale's Location]] (northeast)
* [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]] (east)
* [[Madison, New Hampshire|Madison]] (southeast)
* [[Tamworth, New Hampshire|Tamworth]] (south)
* [[Sandwich, New Hampshire|Sandwich]] (southwest)
* [[Waterville Valley, New Hampshire|Waterville Valley]] (west)
* [[Livermore, New Hampshire|Livermore]] (northwest)

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|1840= 406
|1850= 455
|1860= 430
|1870= 339
|1880= 361
|1890= 377
|1900= 210
|1910= 289
|1920= 170
|1930= 96
|1940= 131
|1950= 154
|1960= 146
|1970= 259
|1980= 383
|1990= 536
|2000= 654
|2010= 735
|2020= 759
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="Census 2020"/><ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |newspaper=Census.gov |access-date=June 4, 2016 }}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 654 people, 262 households, and 182 families residing in the town.  The [[population density]] was 8.7 people per square mile (3.4/km{{sup|2}}).  There were 506 housing units at an average density of 6.8 per square mile (2.6/km{{sup|2}}).  The racial makeup of the town was 98.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.15% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.31% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 0.61% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.76% of the population.

There were 262 households, out of which 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 36.7% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.1 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,635, and the median income for a family was $39,250. Males had a median income of $29,821 versus $20,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,690.  About 10.8% of families and 15.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.9% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

== Transportation ==

Three New Hampshire State Routes cross Albany:

*[[New Hampshire Route 16|NH 16]] is the main route through the town's main village, and is known locally as the Chocorua Mountain Highway.  It crosses the southeast corner of town, entering from Tamworth in the south, crossing briefly into Madison, reentering Albany again along a short concurrency with [[New Hampshire Route 113|NH 113]], and then leaving to the east into Conway.
*[[New Hampshire Route 112|NH 112]], the Kancamagus Highway, is a popular scenic drive that connects Waterville Valley in the west to Conway in the east.  It closely follows the [[Swift River (Saco River tributary)|Swift River]] from Kancamagus Pass.
*[[New Hampshire Route 113|NH 113]] enters the town from Madison in the south, and immediately after crossing the town border, begins a concurrency with NH 16, before leaving into Conway in the east.

== References ==

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== External links ==
* {{Official website|www.albanynh.org}}
* [http://www.nhes.nh.gov/elmi/products/cp/profiles-htm/albany.htm New Hampshire Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau Profile]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Albany
 | North     = [[Bartlett, New Hampshire|Bartlett]]
 | Northeast = [[Hale's Location, New Hampshire|Hale's Location]]
 | East      = [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]]
 | Southeast = [[Madison, New Hampshire|Madison]] 
 | South     = [[Tamworth, New Hampshire|Tamworth]]
 | Southwest = [[Sandwich, New Hampshire|Sandwich]]
 | West      = [[Waterville Valley, New Hampshire|Waterville Valley]]
 | Northwest = [[Livermore, New Hampshire|Livermore]]
}}

{{Carroll County, New Hampshire}}

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[[Category:Towns in Carroll County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1833]]
[[Category:Towns in New Hampshire]]
[[Category:1833 establishments in New Hampshire]]