Editing Albany, Oregon

{{Short description|City in Oregon, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Albany, Oregon
| native_name        = {{small|{{native name|kyl|Takenah}}}}
| official_name           = 
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| image_skyline           = Albany, Oregon looking west down 1st Ave SW in the summer of 2014.jpg
| image_caption           = Looking west down 1st Avenue SW in downtown Albany
| image_flag              = Flag of Albany, Oregon.svg
| flag_size               = 110px
| image_seal              = AlbanyOregonSeal.png
| seal_size               = 90px
| nickname                = Hub of the Valley<ref name="CoA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepfeiffercottageinn.com/|title=Welcome|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926140106/http://www.thepfeiffercottageinn.com/|archive-date=2010-09-26|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northernoregon.com/profiles/albany.html|title=Albany, Oregon|publisher=NorthernOregon.com|access-date=2010-09-09}}</ref> Grass Seed Capital Rare Metals Capital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placesonline.com/north_america/united_states/oregon/albany/introduction.asp|title=Vacations Albany – United States|publisher=placesonline.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007192716/http://www.placesonline.com/north_america/united_states/oregon/albany/introduction.asp|archive-date=2010-10-07|url-status= live}}</ref>
| motto                  = The center of the Willamette Valley; the heart of Oregon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cityofalbany.net/|title=City of Albany|publisher=City of Albany|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921192615/http://www.cityofalbany.net/|archive-date=2010-09-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| map_caption            = Location in [[Oregon]]
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| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Oregon##Location in the United States
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| pushpin_label          = Albany
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| subdivision_type       = Country
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| subdivision_type1      = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[List of counties in Oregon|Counties]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn]], [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton]]
| established_title      = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date       = 1864
| government_type        = [[Council-Manager]]
| leader_title           = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name            = Alex Johnson II (NP)<ref>{{cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.albanyoregon.gov/council |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=14 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114010319/https://www.albanyoregon.gov/council |archive-date=January 14, 2024 }}</ref>
| area_footnotes         = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude         = 
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| area_land_km2          = 45.73
| area_land_sq_mi        = 17.66
| area_water_km2         = 0.54
| area_water_sq_mi       = 0.21
| area_urban_km2         = 56
| area_urban_sq_mi       = 21.7
| area_metro_km2         = 
| area_metro_sq_mi       = 
| elevation_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft           = 226
| population_total       = 56472
| population_as_of       = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes   = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_density_km2   = 1234.81
| population_density_sq_mi = 3198.10
| pop_est_footnotes      = 
| population_urban       = 62,074(US: [[List of United States urban areas|439th]])
| population_metro       = 128,610 (US: [[List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas|315th]])
| demographics_type2 = [[GDP]]
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Total Gross Domestic Product for Albany-Lebanon, OR (MSA)|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NGMP10540|website=fred.stlouisfed.org}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Metro
| demographics2_info1 = $6.442 billion (2023)
| postal_code_type       = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code            = 97321-97322
| area_codes             = [[Area codes 541 and 458|541, 458]]
| website                = {{URL|https://albanyoregon.gov/}}
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| utc_offset_DST         = &minus;7
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| unit_pref              = Imperial
}}

'''Albany''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|l|b|ə|n|i}} {{respell|AL|bə|nee}}) is the [[county seat]] of [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> [[Oregon]], and is the [[List of cities in Oregon|11th most populous city]] in the state.<ref name="OBB">{{cite web|title=City Populations: Adair Village-Echo|work=Oregon Blue Book|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities.aspx|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=2011-03-08}}</ref> Albany is located in the [[Willamette Valley]] at the confluence of the [[Calapooia River]] and the [[Willamette River]] in both Linn and [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton]] counties, just east of [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] and south of [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]. It is predominantly a farming and manufacturing city that settlers founded around 1848.<ref name="cityofalbany.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofalbany.net/about/statistics.php|title=Population, Location, and Other Facts|publisher=City of Albany|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101232355/http://www.cityofalbany.net/about/statistics.php|archive-date=2012-01-01}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census]], the population of Albany, Oregon was 56,472.<ref name="Census2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/albanycityoregon/PST045219 |title=QuickFacts: Albany city, Oregon |accessdate=2021-09-04 |website=census.gov}}</ref>

Albany has a [[Home Rule|home rule charter]], a [[council–manager government]], and a full-time unelected [[city manager]].<ref name="cityofalbany.net"/> The city provides the population with access to over 30 parks and trails, a senior center, and many cultural events such as the [[Northwest Art and Air Festival|Northwest Art & Air Festival]], [[River Rhythms (Oregon)|River Rhythms, Summer Sounds]] and Movies at Monteith. In addition to farming and manufacturing, the city's economy depends on retail trade, health care, and social assistance. In recent years the city has worked to revive the [[downtown]] shopping area, with help from the [[Central Albany Revitalization Area]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/citymanager/cara/ | title= An urban renewal district in the heart of Albany | publisher= Central Albany Revitalization Area | access-date= 2010-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/citymanager/cara/ | title= Central Albany Revitalization Area: An urban renewal district in the heart of Albany | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>

==History==
In the historical era, the area of the [[Willamette Valley]] that makes up modern-day Albany was inhabited by one of the tribes of the [[Kalapuya]],<ref name="DoL">{{cite web|url=http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/kalapuyan.html |title=Kalapuyan |publisher=University of Oregon Department of Linguistics |access-date=2010-07-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614120457/http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/kalapuyan.html |archive-date=2010-06-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = The Kalapuyans: Willamette Valley Indians| publisher = Center for Columbia River History| url = http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/kalapuya.htm| access-date = 2010-07-04| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100706182800/http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/kalapuya.htm| archive-date = 2010-07-06}}</ref> a [[Oregon Penutian languages|Penutian]]-speaking,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kalapuya: a language of USA |publisher=Ethnologue: Languages of the world |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=KAL |access-date=2010-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124063729/http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_language.asp?code=KAL |archive-date=2006-11-24 }}</ref> [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people.<ref>{{cite web| title = Kalapuya & the U.S. Government| publisher = Center for Columbia River History| url = http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/gov.htm| access-date = 2010-07-04| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100706182528/http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/gov.htm| archive-date = 2010-07-06}}</ref> The Kalapuya had named the area ''Takenah'',<ref name="CoA">{{cite web| title =  Albany History| publisher = City of Albany| url = http://www.ci.albany.or.us/about/history.php| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070410215731/http://www.ci.albany.or.us/about/history.php| archive-date= 2007-04-10| url-status= live}}</ref> a Kalapuyan word used to describe the deep pool at the confluence of the [[Calapooia River|Calapooia]] and [[Willamette River|Willamette]] rivers.<ref name="CoA"/><ref name="OGN">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2= [[Lewis L. McArthur]] | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | orig-year = 1928 | edition = Seventh | year = 2003 | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press | location = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] | isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | page = 12}}</ref> A variation of the place name can also be written as Tekenah.

The Kalapuya population in the valley was between 4,000 and 20,000 before contact with Europeans, but they suffered high mortality from new infectious diseases introduced shortly afterward. The tribes were decimated by a [[smallpox]] [[epidemic]] that raged through the [[Pacific Northwest]] in 1782–83. A [[malaria]] outbreak swept through the region between 1830 and 1833. It is estimated that as many as 90&nbsp;percent of the Kalapuya population died during this period.<ref name=Nch>{{cite book |last= Hunn |first= Eugene S. |title= Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River" |publisher= [[University of Washington Press]] |year= 1990 |pages=27–32 |isbn= 0-295-97119-3}}</ref> That, coupled with the [[Kalapuya people|treaties]] signed during the 1850s by the Kalapuya to cede land to the United States, left the area nearly free for [[European Americans]] to settle.<ref name="DoL"/>

===19th century===
Originally a farmer from Iowa, Abner Hackleman arrived as the first European American settler in 1845. Taking up a land claim for himself, Hackleman asked Hiram N. Smead to hold another for him until his son arrived from Iowa. In 1846, a year after arriving in Oregon, Hackleman died while returning to Iowa to fetch his family.<ref name="Hackleman">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/comdev/historic/dist/hackleman.php | title= The Hackleman National Register District | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-13}}</ref> In 1847 a pair of brothers, Walter and Thomas Monteith, settled in the area, after traveling by ox team along the [[Oregon Trail]]<ref name="monteith">{{cite web | url= http://albanyvisitors.com/historic-albany/museums/monteith-house/ | title=  Monteith House | publisher= Albany Visitors Association | access-date= 2010-07-12}}</ref> from their native state of New York. They were a family of early prominence in the area; in 1848,<ref name="cityofalbany.net"/> they bought a claim of {{convert|320|acre|km2}} from Hiram Smead for $400 and a horse; they plotted out {{convert|60|acre|m2}} for the town site.<ref name="CoA"/><ref name="OGN"/><ref name="monteith"/> They named the city "Albany" after their hometown of [[Albany, New York|Albany]] in New York.<ref name="NPS">{{cite web|title=Illustrating Four Treatments in Oregon |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |url=https://www.nps.gov/tps/education/workingonthepast/case_studies/monteith1.htm |access-date=2021-02-12 }}</ref> During the same period, Hackleman's son Abram reached his father's original land claim and built a log house in an oak grove still known as Hackleman's Grove. He later built a house, which still stands at the corner of Fifth and Jackson. The small settlement that formed on the Hackleman land became known as the community of Takenah in 1849.<ref name="Hackleman"/>
[[File:Albany, Oregon, West Shore magazine, 1887.jpg|thumb|Albany, Oregon, 1887]]

During this early period, the Monteith and Hackleman families were literally and politically on opposite sides of the fence. Residents in the Monteiths' portion of town were mainly Yankee merchants and professionals from the [[Upper Midwest]] and [[New England]], who aligned with the Republican Party. They tended to sympathize with the Union during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. The residents in Hackleman's portion of town to the east were made up mostly of working-class [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] from the [[Upland South]]/Lower Midwest who were split between supporting the Union and the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]. The two sides planted a hedge near Baker Street separating their sides of town.<ref name="Monteith">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/comdev/historic/dist/monteith.php | title= The Monteith National Register District | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-13}}</ref>

With help from Samuel Althouse,<ref name="monteith"/> the Monteiths built the first [[Framing (construction)|frame house]] in Albany in 1849.<ref name="OGN"/> The [[Thomas and Walter Monteith House|Monteith House]] was considered the finest house in Oregon at the time.<ref name="OGN"/> That same year the start of the [[California Gold Rush]] had caught the attention of the Monteith brothers, who provided supplies to the gold fields; their profits were seed money for several new businesses in Albany,<ref name="monteith"/> including the [[general store]].<ref name="OGN"/><ref name="NPS"/> After the Monteiths developed these businesses, Albany became a major hub city in the Willamette Valley.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Albany's first school was established in 1851 by the town's first physician, R. C. Hill. The first school teacher was Eleanor B. Hackleman, wife of Abram Hackleman.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.linncountyroots.com/Cemeteries/Riverside.htm | title= Linn County Cemeteries: Riverside | year=2001 | publisher=  Linn County Roots | access-date= 2010-07-16}}</ref> It was not until 1855 that a building was specifically erected for use as a school.<ref name="CoA"/> In 1852, the first [[steamboat]], the ''[[Multnomah (sidewheeler 1851)|Multnomah]]'',<ref name="Monteith"/> arrived and the first flour mill was built.<ref name="OGN"/>
[[File:Linn County Courthouse Oregon.JPG|thumb|left|Linn County courthouse in Albany]]

On January 8, 1850, a U.S. post office was established in Albany, with John Burkhart appointed as the first U.S. [[Postmaster]].<ref name="CoA"/><ref>{{cite web| title =  Albany Oregon History | publisher = All-Oregon.com | url =http://www.all-oregon.com/city/albany/history.htm | access-date = 2010-07-06}}</ref> The town was renamed as "New Albany" on November&nbsp;4, 1850,<ref name="OGN"/> but the name was changed back to Albany in 1853. In 1851, Albany was designated as the county seat, replacing Calapooia (near modern-day [[Brownsville, Oregon|Brownsville]] and [[Sweet Home, Oregon|Sweet Home]]),<ref>{{cite web | url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/linn-history.aspx | title= Oregon Historical County Records Guide | access-date=2010-07-12}}</ref> and all court meetings were held there. The first Albany [[courthouse]] was built in 1852 on {{convert|10|acre|ha}} of land donated by the Monteiths to ensure Albany would remain the county seat. The new two-story octagonal courthouse was completed on April&nbsp;26, 1853. The courthouse has since been replaced, but the new courthouse stands on the same site.<ref name="CoA"/>

During 1853–1854, residents of the east side of Albany persuaded the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] to name both towns Takenah.<ref name="CoA"/> Though ''Takenah'' meant "deep pool," in reference to the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers, it was commonly translated as "Hole in the Ground".<ref name="OGN"/> Partially due to this translation, the legislature restored the name ''Albany'' to the town in 1855.<ref name="OGN"/> Finally in 1864, 16 years after the Monteiths founded the town and 19 years after the first European Americans arrived, it became incorporated as a city.<ref name="OGN"/><ref name=Oregon>Corning, Howard M. ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing, 1956.</ref>
[[File:Occident (sternwheeler 1875).jpg|thumb|Sidewheel steamboat ''Occident'', at Albany, near Red Crown Mills]]
[[File:Albany-Oregon-before-1889.tiff|thumb|View of bucolic Albany during the 1880s]]

In 1871, the trains first reached Albany, connecting it to other towns in the valley. The arrival of the first train was celebrated as the greatest event in Albany's history. Albany businessmen raised $50,000 to ensure that the rails would be built through the city, instead of bypassing it a few miles eastward. The train brought the farmers' markets closer to the city, as stagecoaches and steamboats gave way to the railroad. The world's longest wooden railroad drawbridge was built in 1888 for the Albany-Corvallis run. By 1910, 28 passenger trains departed daily from Albany going in five directions.<ref name="CoA"/>

In 1872, the Santiam Ditch and Canal Company was organized, and a canal running from the Santiam near Lebanon was completed that autumn. The canal runs {{convert|18|mi|km}}<ref name="APW">c{{cite web | title = Public Works/Water | publisher = City of Albany | url = http://www.ci.albany.or.us/publicworks/water/ | access-date = 2010-07-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last = Ingalls | first = Cathy | title = Santiam Canal: Questions and answers  | date= 2008-07-11 | work = Albany Democrat-Herald| url = http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_7d63ba2c-dce1-5260-b13f-dd0945881247.html| access-date = 2010-07-05}}</ref> from the south side of Albany and divides at the corner of Vine and Eight streets, with one branch running down Vine Street and emptying into [[Calapooya Creek|Calapooia Creek]], with a drop of {{convert|32|ft|m}}. The other runs down Eighth to Thurston Street.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.linncountyroots.com/Towns/Albany2.htm | title = City of Albany | year = 1941 | publisher = Linn County Roots | access-date = 2010-07-06 }}</ref>

===20th century===
In 1924 Pacific Power installed a turbine where the canal meets the river to generate electricity. In 1984 the city bought the water system from Pacific Power, and shut down the plant in 1991. By 2003 the city had approved a plan to restart the four megawatt-hour hydroelectric plant and in February 2009 the plant opened again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://albanyvisitors.com/hydropower-dedication/ |title=Hydropower Dedication Ceremony and Tours |first=Diane |last=Taniguchi-Dennis |year=2009 |publisher=Albany Visitors Association |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116061748/http://albanyvisitors.com/hydropower-dedication/ |archive-date=2010-01-16 }}</ref> Albany was the headquarters for the Mountain States Power Company from its establishment in 1918 until its merger into Pacific Power & Light (now [[PacifiCorp]]) in 1954.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

In the 1940s, the city started the [[Albany World Championship Timber Carnival]], which drew competitors from all over the world to participate in logging skills contests. The event took place over the four days of the Fourth of July weekend. Men and women would compete in climbing, chopping, bucking, and burling contests. In 2001 the carnival was cancelled because of smaller crowds and the state's declining timber economy.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=147 | title= Education, Arts, and Letters: Cultural Enterprises | publisher= Oregon History project | access-date= 2010-07-11}}</ref>
[[File:Oregon Electric train passing through Albany, Oregon (3230126720).jpg|thumb|An [[Oregon Electric Railway]] train passing through Albany, Oregon, c. 1910s]]
In 1916 [[Kuo-Ching Li]], a Chinese-American engineer, founded [[Wah Chang Corporation|Wah Chang Trading Corporation]] in New York State, but it was based in Albany.<ref name=oregonian-1961mar>{{cite news|title=Albany Plant Official Dies [obituary of Kuo-Ching Li]|work=The Oregonian|date=March 9, 1961|page=9}}</ref> He developed it as an international [[tungsten]] ore and concentrate trading company, leading the company until his death in 1961. He served as president until 1960 and then board chairman.<ref name=oregonian-1961mar/>

The [[U.S. Bureau of Mines]] established [[Albany Research Center]] (ARC) on the former [[Albany College]] campus in 1942, focusing on the development of new metallurgical processes. First known as the Northwest Electro-development Facility, the site eventually produced titanium and zirconium, spearheaded by [[William Justin Kroll]] whom the bureau hired in 1945. The first zirconium strip was rolled out there in August 1946. In 1951, William Kroll joined the faculty of [[Oregon State College]], ten miles away in [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]].

The ARC fostered the growth of a new rare metals industry in Albany, led by internationally recognized companies such as the Oregon Metallurgical Company, Oremet, and Wah Chang.<ref name=oe1>{{cite encyclopedia | url =http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/albany | title = Albany | first = Mark | last = Spence | year = 2008 | encyclopedia = The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Portland State University| access-date = 2010-07-06}}</ref> In the 1970s, Albany attempted to extend its city limits to include a zirconium processing plant of [[Wah Chang Corporation]] in order to increase its industrial tax base. Wah Chang responded in 1974 by sponsoring a vote to incorporate the desired properties as [[Millersburg, Oregon|Millersburg]].<ref name=am1>{{cite web|url=http://www.albany-millersburg.com/millersburg.htm |title=City of Millersburg |publisher=City of Millersburg |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916023853/http://www.albany-millersburg.com/millersburg.htm |archive-date=2010-09-16 }}</ref><!--And? what was the outcome?  -->

When the Bureau of Mines closed in 1996, the ARC was transferred to the [[United States Department of Energy]]'s Office of Fossil Energy. In 2005 the facility became part of the [[National Energy Technology Laboratory]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ARC History|url=http://www.netl.doe.gov/about/netl-history/arc-history|website=National Energy Technology Laboratory|access-date=5 April 2016|archive-date=April 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419100735/http://www.netl.doe.gov/about/netl-history/arc-history|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Calapooia River at the Willamette River.JPG|thumb|right|Calapooia River at Albany]]

Albany is in the central part of Oregon's most populated region, the Willamette Valley. The city rests along the confluence of the Calapooia and Willamette rivers, and although most of Albany falls within [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]], a smaller portion of the city rests to the north of its downtown on the west bank of the Willamette River in [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|17.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|17.54|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.21|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> Albany has {{convert|21.7|sqmi|km2}} within its [[urban growth boundary]].<ref name="cityofalbany.net"/> Throughout the city limits and urban growth area, there are limited hills; the city is one of the lowest points along the Willamette Valley, with elevations ranging {{convert|180|to|430|ft|m}} above sea level.<ref name="cityofalbany.net"/> The [[North Albany, Oregon|North Albany]] district has the most variable elevation, while the downtown and southern end of town have little elevation change throughout.

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Albany
|North     = [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]
|Northeast = [[Jefferson, Oregon|Jefferson]]
|Southeast = [[Lebanon, Oregon|Lebanon]]
|South     = [[Tangent, Oregon|Tangent]]
|Southwest = [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]]
}}

===Climate===
Similar to the majority of Western Oregon, Albany's weather is considered to be mild.<ref name=climate>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocs.orst.edu/climate-of-oregon |title=The Climate of Oregon |last=Taylor |first=George |publisher=Oregon Climate Service |access-date=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421032352/http://www.ocs.orst.edu/climate-of-oregon |archive-date=2012-04-21 }}</ref> Albany has generally warm and dry summers during which precipitation drops to {{convert|0.4|in|mm}} in July and temperatures peak at an average of {{convert|80.8|°F|C|0|}} in August.<ref name=Weatherbase>
{{cite web
|url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=726943&refer=wikipedia |title =Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Albany, Oregon
|publisher=Weatherbase
|year=2011
}}
Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
</ref> The record high temperature in Albany was {{convert|110|°F|C|0|}} on June 27 during the [[2021 Western North America heat wave]].<ref name=DemocratHerald>{{cite web|url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/sunday-was-hottest-day-ever-for-mid-valley/article_c46dff2c-061a-5d7f-9562-751cc6df4c4b.html |title=Sunday was hottest day ever for mid-valley |last=Odegard |first=Kyle |date=June 28, 2021 |publisher=Albany Democrat Herald |access-date=2023-05-17}}</ref> Winters in Albany are cool and wet. The month with the most precipitation is December with {{convert|6.8|in|mm}}.<ref name=Weatherbase /> The coldest month is January, with an average low just above freezing at {{convert|33.6|°F|C|0|}}. The record low temperature was recorded in 1972 at {{convert|-7|°F|C|0|}}.<ref name=WeatherChannel>{{cite web |url =http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USOR0005 |title= Monthly Averages for Albany, OR |publisher=WeatherChannel|year=2011 | access-date= 2011-12-20}}</ref>

Albany and the surrounding area was left devastated by the [[Columbus Day Storm]] of October 1962.

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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1292
|1880= 1867
|1890= 3079
|1900= 3149
|1910= 4275
|1920= 4840
|1930= 5325
|1940= 5654
|1950= 10115
|1960= 12926
|1970= 18181
|1980= 26546
|1990= 29462
|2000= 40852
|2010= 50158
|2020= 56472
|estyear=2024
|estimate=57777
|footnote=Source:<ref>Moffatt, Riley. ''Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990''. [[Lanham, Maryland|Lanham]]: Scarecrow, 1996, 206.</ref><br />U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref><br>2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Census2020"/><br /><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

{{update|section|date=August 2021|reason=New information is available from the 2020 Census report}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the 2020 census, there were 56,472 people in the city.  The racial makeup of the city was 79.5% White, .8% African American, 1.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.8% Asian, .3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 5.3% from other races, and 10.9% from two or more races.  Hispanic or Latino from any race was 14.1% of the population.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=040XX00US41_160XX00US4101000&d=DEC+Demographic+Profile |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

There were 22,157 households, of which 17.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them.  46.2% were married couples living together, 27.1% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 17.4% had a male householder with no spouse present.  11.4% of households consisted of individuals, and 4.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=":0" />

The median age in the city was 37.8, with a median age of 36.5 for males and 39.0 for females.  22.3% were under the age of 18, and 18.0% were 65 years of age or older.  The gender makeup of the city was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.<ref name=":0" />

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 50,158 people, 19,705 households, and 12,894 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2859.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 20,979 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1196.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 5.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.4% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref>

There were 19,705 households, of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.6% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 35.6 years. 25% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 13.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,852 people, 16,108 households, and 10,808 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,571.8/sq&nbsp;mi. There were 17,374 housing units at an average density of 1,093.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 91.68% White, 0.53% African American, 1.22% Native American, 1.14% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 2.65% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.09% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 16,108 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.99.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

In the city, the population was 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median income for a household in the city was $39,409, and the median income for a family was $46,094. Males had a median income of $36,457 versus $24,480 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $18,570. About 9.3% of families and 11.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

==Government==
[[File:Albany City Hall, Albany - DPLA - aaac2332ec4edf37b95fd3d47b63a86c.jpg|thumb|Albany City Hall]]
Albany has a [[Home Rule|home rule charter]] and a [[council–manager government]].<ref name="Charter"/> A full-time unelected city manager administers the day-to-day operations of the city for the council. The city manager since 2018 is Peter Troedsson.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://weshare.cityofalbany.net/| title= Wes Hare | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2012-02-18}}</ref> The mayor is elected at large every two years. The six council members represent the three geographic wards of the city and have overlapping four-year terms. The city charter was first adopted in 1891,<ref name="Charter"/> and the most recent version of the city charter became effective on January&nbsp;1, 1957, modified since then by ordinances adopted by the council.<ref name="Charter">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/images/stories/municipal_code/AlbanyCH.html| title= Charter | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2012-02-18}}</ref> The mayor, as of 2022, is Alex Johnson II, and the council members are Steph Newton-Azor and Matilda Novak from Ward I, Ray Kopczynski and Jackie Montague from Ward II, and Ramycia McGhee and Marilyn Smith from Ward III.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/city-council/boards-commissions | title= Boards and Commissions | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2012-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.albanyoregon.gov/council |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=www.albanyoregon.gov}}</ref>

Albany City Hall is located on Broadalbin Street in the downtown section of the city and was built in 1995. In 2018, City Hall houses: 
* City Manager's office
* Finance Department 
* Human Resources Department
* Information Technology Department
* Municipal Court
* Parks and Recreation administrative staff
* Public Works Engineering, Building and Planning divisions.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://ci.albany.or.us/cityhallhours.php | title= City Hall Hours | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100615051135/http://www.ci.albany.or.us/cityhallhours.php| archive-date= 2010-06-15| url-status= live}}</ref> 
The city provides its own fire department, police department, library system, and also provides both their own water supply and wastewater treatment through the Public Works Operations division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/ |title=Public Works |publisher=Albany Public Works Department|access-date=2010-07-06}}</ref> The current wastewater treatment plant was completed in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/sewer/wwtp_project/index.php| title=Albany-Millersburg Water Reclamation Facility | publisher= Albany Public Works Department| access-date= 2010-07-06}}</ref> In total the local government employs around 450 full- and part-time employees with the majority in Police, Fire, and Public Works Operations.

The Albany city government was nationally recognized in 2009 and 2010 with the Certificate of Distinction and in 2011 and 2012 with the Certificate of Excellence from the [[International City/County Management Association]] (ICMA) for its dedication to improving governmental performance.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=1103 | title= Albany Earns International Recognition for Performance Measurement Efforts | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100925091021/http://cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=1103| archive-date= 2010-09-25| url-status= live}}</ref> In 2010, 2011 and 2012, the [[Sunshine Review]] awarded Albany an A+ perfect score for government transparency and online accessibility with its website along with other government agencies from around the country.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Albany,_Oregon | title= Albany, Oregon | access-date= 2011-02-15 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101221060224/http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Albany,_Oregon | archive-date= 2010-12-21 | url-status= dead }}</ref> Also in September 2010, the League of Oregon Cities awarded Albany the Good Governance Award for the "Where Does My Money Go? and Albany Dashboard" web applications and featured Albany for governmental transparency.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Woods, Bob |author2=Smith, Marilyn |url=http://www.orcities.org/Portals/17/Publications/Newsletters/LFNov2010-FINAL.pdf |work=Local Focus |title=Transparency |date=November 2010 |publisher=League of Oregon Cities |pages=12–13 |access-date=2014-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630012304/http://www.orcities.org/Portals/17/Publications/Newsletters/LFNov2010-FINAL.pdf |archive-date=2014-06-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2011, Government Computer News cited Albany as one of ten "Top Public Sector Websites" in the nation for government transparency.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://gcn.com/articles/2011/01/17/public-sector-web-sites-intro.aspx |title=10 great public-sector websites |date=2011-01-14 |work=GCN |author=Yasin, Rutrell |access-date=2014-03-08}}</ref> Other recognition includes a 2016 award for Safest Cities in Oregon<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://backgroundchecks.org/25-safest-cities-in-oregon-2016.html|title=The 25 Safest Towns in Oregon|work=BackgroundChecks.org|access-date=2018-01-31|language=en-US}}</ref> from BackgroundChecks.org and 2016 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers for Assistant City Manager/CIO Jorge Salinas in Government Technology magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofalbany.net/images/stories/general/govtech_top_25-2016.pdf|title=Top 25 Government Technology magazine}}</ref>

Albany was a 2015 winner in the e.Republic Center for Digital Government (CDG) Digital Cities Survey. The annual survey recognizes leading examples of cities using technology to improve services and boost efficiencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.govtech.com/dc/digital-cities/Digital-Cities-Survey-2015-Winners-Announced.html|title=15th Annual Digital Cities Survey - 2015 Results|website=www.govtech.com|date=2 November 2015 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-31}}</ref>

Albany is also home to the county government and the [[Linn County Courthouse (Albany, Oregon)|Linn County Courthouse]].


==Economy==
[[File:Albany Research Center.JPG|thumb|225px|Albany Research Center]]
Albany calls itself the "rare metals capital of the world", producing [[zirconium]], [[hafnium]] and [[titanium]].<ref name="NETL">{{cite web | url= http://www.netl.doe.gov/careers/ | title= NETL: Careers and Fellowships | publisher= NETL Community | access-date= 2010-07-08 | archive-date= February 3, 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110203085736/http://www.netl.doe.gov/careers/ | url-status= dead }}</ref> One of the major producers of these metals in Albany is ATI Specialty Alloys and Components (formerly ATI Wah Chang) which has a {{convert|110|acre|km2|adj=on}} site that primarily focuses on the production of zirconium.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.wahchang.com/pages/overview/atiwahchang_overview.htm | title= About Wah Chang – Albany, OR | publisher= Wah Chang Corporation | access-date=2010-07-09}}</ref>

Albany and the surrounding communities are major exporters of [[grass seed]]. Other crops produced include [[Maize|corn]], [[beans]], [[mentha|mint]], [[strawberries]], and [[Common Hazel|hazelnut]]s. [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]] is also referred to as the "Grass Seed Capital of the World".{{cn|date=January 2025}} Albany is the headquarters of [[Coastal Farm & Ranch]], a chain of farm supply stores in the Pacific Northwest.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gunderson |first=Laura |date=December 23, 2012 |title=Retail spotlight: Coastal Farm & Ranch plans future with more stores and more chickens |page=D2 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/window-shop/2012/12/retail_spotlight_coastal_farm.html |work=The Oregonian |accessdate=January 30, 2025}}</ref>

The decline of the timber industry and the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs has left Linn County with a relatively high unemployment rate. The [[Oregon Employment Department]] does not maintain unemployment statistics for cities.<ref>{{cite web | year= 2004 | url= http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/STATE_FORESTS/FRP/docs/OregonsTimberHarvests.pdf | title= Oregon's Timber Harvests | publisher= Oregon Department of Forestry| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527170430/http://oregon.gov/ODF/STATE_FORESTS/FRP/docs/OregonsTimberHarvests.pdf| archive-date= 2010-05-27 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/fedstl/orlinn3urn | title= Unemployment Rate in Linn County | publisher= Economagic | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> The losses in the timber industry in around Albany have led the city to a more diverse economic base for the city, led by retail trade, health care and social assistance, and manufacturing as the three leading aspects of the economy. Oregon Freeze Dry is a leading employer in the manufacturing sector of the Albany economy with its headquarters located in the city. The company employs over 300 people and was incorporated in 1963. The Albany facility is the company's main research and development site in the industry,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ofd.com/food/gci/index.html |title=Oregon Freeze Dry: General information |publisher=Oregon Freeze Dry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622034718/http://www.ofd.com/food/gci/index.html |archive-date=2010-06-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has recently partnered with [[Seattle]]-based technology company EnerG2 to produce carbon electrode material, in a {{convert|74000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} former distribution center of Oregon Freeze Dry by 2011 bringing a new green technology industry to Albany.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_ff21ab2e-a583-11df-8ada-001cc4c002e0.html | title= Albany welcomes EnerG2 plant | work= Albany Democrat-Herald | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100829044932/http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/article_ff21ab2e-a583-11df-8ada-001cc4c002e0.html| archive-date= 2010-08-29 |date=2010-08-11 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tec Laboratories]] has made [[Tecnu]] poison ivy cleanser and other topical medicines in Albany since 1977.

Albany is also home to the [[Albany Research Center]], which is part of [[National Energy Technology Laboratory]] (NETL). They employ a staff of 120. [[Albany Research Center]] was founded in 1943, the laboratory specializes in life cycle research starting with the formulation, characterization, and/or melting of most metals, alloys, and ceramics; casting and fabrication, prototype development; and the recycle and remediation of waste streams associated with these processes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbeagle.com/component/content/article/39.html |title=National Energy Technology Laboratory |publisher=Goldbelt Eagle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308031149/http://www.gbeagle.com/component/content/article/39.html |archive-date=2012-03-08}}</ref>

The [[Heritage Mall]], an enclosed shopping center, opened on November 2, 1988. The construction of a regional shopping center had been planned for a decade and included proposals to build a rival mall in Corvallis.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jameson |first=Hunter |date=November 2, 1988 |title=Grand opening ends 'Mall Wars' |page=8 |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albany-democrat-herald-grand-opening-end/164346919/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=January 30, 2025}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
The annual events in Albany include the [[Northwest Art and Air Festival]],<ref name="NWAA">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/nwaaf/ | title=  Northwest Art and Air Festival | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100720220811/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/nwaaf/| archive-date= 2010-07-20| url-status= live}}</ref> River Rhythms, Summer Sounds (formerly Mondays at Monteith), Veteran's Day Parade, Albany Upstairs Downtown Wine Walk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albanydowntown.com/events.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718190243/http://www.albanydowntown.com/events.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-18 |title=Upcoming Events |publisher=Albany Downtown Association |access-date=2010-09-09 }}</ref> and the Craft Brew Smackdown.

The once popular [[Albany Timber Carnival]] ended in 2000. An attempt to revive the event in 2008 was unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armuseum.com/timbercarnival.htm |title=Timber Carnival |publisher=Albany Regional Museum |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425035912/http://www.armuseum.com/timbercarnival.htm |archive-date=2010-04-25 }}</ref>

The [[Albany Arts Festival]] was held from 1970 until the late 1980s.<ref name="OE">{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Evedene|title=Albany Arts Festival|url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/albany_arts_festival/#.WTa56xiZNo4|website=[[The Oregon Encyclopedia]]|access-date=June 6, 2017|date=October 27, 2016}}</ref>

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[File:Albany Regional Museum Oregon.JPG|thumb|right|Albany Regional Museum]][[File:Monteith House - Albany Oregon.jpg|thumb|right|Thomas and Walter Monteith House]]

Areas of interest include the [[Thomas and Walter Monteith House]]. Originally constructed near the Calapooia River, the Monteith house is one of the oldest buildings in Albany. It has been relocated twice, most recently to downtown Albany, where is serves as the Monteith House Museum and is on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. [[United Presbyterian Church and Rectory (Albany, Oregon)|Whitespires Church]], another historically registered building, is the tallest building in town. The [http://www.armuseum.com/ Albany Regional Museum] features exhibits about Albany history and is housed in a historic building originally built by S.E. Young in 1887.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.armuseum.com |title=Albany Regional Museum | publisher= Albany Regional Museum | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> Downtown Albany is a [[Historic district (United States)|National Historic District]], and features antique stores, restaurants, the Albany Civic Theater (one of the oldest civic theaters in Oregon, it has operated continuously since the opening of its first production on March 2, 1951),<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.albanycivic.org/ | title= Albany Civic Theater | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> and one of the oldest [[Carnegie library|Carnegie libraries]] still being used as a library. Since the early 2000s, a hand-carved [[carousel]] has been under construction at the Albany Historic Carousel and Museum.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us: The History and Details of Our Project|url=http://albanycarousel.com/about-us/|publisher=Historic Carousel and Museum|year=2015|access-date=2015-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224075006/http://albanycarousel.com/about-us/|archive-date=2015-02-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Albany has four historic districts including the [[Albany Municipal Airport (Oregon)|Albany Municipal Airport]], [[Albany Monteith Historic District|Monteith Historic District]], [[Albany Hackleman Historic District|Hackleman Historic District]], and the Albany Downtown Commercial Historic District. Albany's historic districts include most of the housing styles built between 1840 and 1920, including [[Federal architecture|Federal]], [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]], American Farmhouse, [[Second Empire (architecture)|Second Empire]], [[Eastlake movement|Eastlake]], [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]], and [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]. Those historic districts were recognized as one of the best places to buy a historic home in the nation by [[This Old House]] online.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20207579_20472698,00.html | title= Best Old House Neighborhoods 2008: Editors' Picks | publisher= This Old House Online | access-date= 2010-07-09 | archive-date= December 4, 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101204063846/http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20207579_20472698,00.html | url-status= dead }}</ref> In total there are over 700 historic buildings within the 4 historic districts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://albanyvisitors.com/?s=700+historic+buildings&submit=Search| title= Albany's Historic Districts | publisher= Albany Visitors Association|year=2015 | access-date= 2015-04-08}}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
{{Further|Albany Parks & Recreation}}
The Albany Parks and Recreation Department is the agency responsible for the [[Albany Parks & Recreation#Senior Center|Senior Center]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/parks.php?show=Senior_Center | title= Senior Center Park | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> the [[Albany Parks & Recreation#Periwinkle Creek Bike Path|Periwinkle Creek Bike]] Path,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/parks.php?show=Periwinkle_Creek_Bike_Path | title= Periwinkle Creek Bike Path | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> and the other trails and parks<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/parks.php | title= Albany Parks | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> within Albany. The department's recreation staff spends most of the summer organizing and running the city-organized events that occur at these parks such as River Rhythms,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/riverrhythms/2010/index.php | title= River Rhythms 2010 | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100711055717/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/riverrhythms/2010/index.php| archive-date= 2010-07-11| url-status= live}}</ref> Summer Sounds,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/mondays/live.php | title= Mondays @ Monteith | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100628101942/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/mondays/live.php| archive-date= 2010-06-28| url-status= live}}</ref> and the Northwest Art & Air Festival. The department is in charge of running and maintaining the Albany Community Pool<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/facilities/acp.php | title= Albany Community Pool | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> and the Swanson Park Action Center which houses the Albany Cool! Pool.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swansoncool.com/ |title=Welcome to the COOL!est place in Albany! |publisher=City of Albany |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328093359/http://www.swansoncool.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-28 }}</ref> Albany's Parks and Recreation Department aims to make it where everyone within the city limits lives within {{convert|2|mi|km}} of a park.

Albany's [[Albany Parks & Recreation#Timber Linn|Timber-Linn Memorial Park]] house the 63rd [[Blue Star Mothers Club|Blue Star]] veterans memorial in the state of Oregon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODVA/INFO/docs/VETSNEWS/2008/July-August-2008.pdf?ga=t |format=PDF |title=Blue Star Memorial Adorns Albany Veterans Site |publisher=Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609083434/http://www.oregon.gov/ODVA/INFO/docs/VETSNEWS/2008/July-August-2008.pdf?ga=t |archive-date=June 9, 2011 }}</ref> The memorial is dedicated to Linn County servicemen who lost their lives during all of the 20th century wars.<ref name="LCR">{{cite web | url=http://www.linncountyroots.com/TimberLinn.htm | title= Timber-Linn Memorial Park | publisher= Linn County Roots | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> The memorial lists the names of those from Linn County killed in action for each war fought throughout the 20th century.<ref name="LCR"/> The memorial was sponsored by the Santiam District Garden Club and the Linn County Veterans Memorial Association. Albany's Timber-Linn Memorial Park also hosted the [[Vietnam Veterans Memorial#Traveling replicas|American Veterans Traveling Tribute]], a replica of the Vietnam Memorial wall in Washington, D.C., in July 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_e28bd45e-c0ed-5025-908b-efaa0551d00b.html | title= Traveling memorials to visit Albany | newspaper= Albany Democrat-Herald | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref>

The department also has an urban forestry program which involves the Legacy Forest at [[Albany Parks & Recreation#Lexington|Lexington Park]], that consists of commemorative tree planting designed to perpetuate the memory or work of individuals and organizations.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/legacyforest/ | title= Legacy Forest  | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100617062309/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/legacyforest/| archive-date= 2010-06-17 |url-status=live}}</ref> A Heritage Tree Program was established to recognize trees having historic significance in the community.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/heritage_trees.php | title= Heritage Tree Program | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100618201644/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/heritage_trees.php| archive-date= 2010-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref> The city has also been involved with the [[Tree City USA]] program that is sponsored by [[Arbor Day|The National Arbor Day Foundation]] since 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/ | title= Urban Forestry Program | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100630162051/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/| archive-date= 2010-06-30 |url-status=live}}</ref> The city also takes part annually in Arbor Week.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/arborweek/ | title= Arbor Week  | publisher= City of Albany| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100618201728/http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/urbanforestry/arborweek/| archive-date= 2010-06-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Albany has two golf courses, both in North Albany. The Golf Club of Oregon<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.oregongolf.com/courses/albany/gc-of-oregon/ | title= Golf Club of Oregon | publisher= Oregon Golf| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100617005944/http://www.oregongolf.com/courses/albany/gc-of-oregon/| archive-date= 2010-06-17| url-status= live}}</ref> is public, and Spring Hill Golf Club at Albany Golf & Event Center,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.albany-golf.com/ | title= Spring Hill Golf Club}}</ref> a former country club, is essentially public. Albany also has one [[bowling]] alley, Lake Shore Lanes,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://lakeshorelanesonline.com/ | title= Welcome to Lake Shore Lanes | publisher= Lake Shore Lanes | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100709180229/http://www.lakeshorelanesonline.com/| archive-date= 2010-07-09| url-status= live}}</ref> which also has a [[miniature golf]] course outside the bowling alley.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.democratherald.com/business/local/article_05a00e44-5167-11df-9fe4-001cc4c002e0.html | title= Mini golf coming to Albany| first= Steve | last= Lathrop | date= 2010-04-26| work= Albany Democrat-Herald | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100715083727/http://www.democratherald.com/business/local/article_05a00e44-5167-11df-9fe4-001cc4c002e0.html| archive-date= 2010-07-15| url-status= live}}</ref>

==Education==
{{Further|Greater Albany Public School District}}
[[File:Memorial Middle School Albany Oregon.JPG|thumb|Memorial Middle School]]
[[File:South Albany High School sign Oregon.JPG|thumb|[[South Albany High School]]]]

Albany is the home of the main campus of a two-year junior college called [[Linn-Benton Community College]], which was established in 1966.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.linnbenton.edu/go/about-lbcc/lbcc-history/the-beginning| title= The Beginning| publisher= Linn Benton Community College| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528070031/http://www.linnbenton.edu/go/about-lbcc/lbcc-history/the-beginning| archive-date= 2010-05-28| url-status= dead}}</ref> The college offers certificates and associate degrees and has many transfer and dual enrollment programs with OSU. LBCC offers 47 areas of study and programs,<ref>{{cite web |title=Areas of Study |url=https://www.linnbenton.edu/educational-options/areas-of-study.php |publisher=Linn-Benton Community College |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref> serves over 18,000 full- and part-time students<ref>{{cite web |title=About LBCC |url=https://www.linnbenton.edu/about-lbcc/index.php |publisher=Linn-Benton Community College |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref> and is supported financially through tuition, property taxes and the State of Oregon.

The Albany area has also been served since 1979 by the Greater Albany Public School District, including [[West Albany High School]], and [[South Albany High School]], which have a combined enrollment of approximately 2,700 students.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://albany.k12.or.us/sahs/ | title= South Albany High School | publisher= Greater Albany Public Schools | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://albany.k12.or.us/wahs/ |title=West Albany High School |publisher=Greater Albany Public Schools |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723225147/http://www.albany.k12.or.us/wahs/ |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> Albany is also served by [[Albany Options School]] as an alternative to traditional school for grades 6 through 12.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://albany.k12.or.us/aos/ | title= Albany Options School | publisher= Greater Albany Public Schools | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> In total Greater Albany Public School District serves roughly 8,900 students throughout its 23<ref>{{cite web|url=http://albany.k12.or.us/ourschools.php |title=Our Schools |publisher=Greater Albany Public Schools |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807120134/http://albany.k12.or.us/ourschools.php |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}</ref> different schools. Along with the K-12 schools Albany also offers student services at the Maple Lawn Preschool.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/parks/programs/maplelawn.php | title= Maple Lawn Preschool | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Current campus
! Enrollment (2009–10)
! [[Athletic nickname|Nickname]]
|-
| [[South Albany High School]]
| 1970
| 1,270<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albany.k12.or.us/sahs/|title=South Albany High School|publisher=Greater Albany public schools|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref>
| RedHawks
|-
| [[West Albany High School]]
| 1953
| 1,450<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albany.k12.or.us/wahs/|title=West Albany High School|publisher=Greater Albany public schools|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref>
| Bulldogs
|-
| [[Albany Options School]]
| 2001
| 155<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/albany-options-school-albany-or/?msockid=0a5693ccee8967163c1580bcef21664f |title=Niche School Profile}}</ref>
| Knights
|}

The Albany Collegiate Institute was founded in 1867 and served as Albany's higher education institute for 70 years before it was moved to [[Portland, Oregon]], and renamed [[Lewis & Clark College]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.lclark.edu/about/history/ | title= About Lewis & Clark | publisher= Lewis & Clark College| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100528151549/http://www.lclark.edu/about/history/| archive-date= 2010-05-28| url-status= live}}</ref>

==Media==

===Newspaper===
[[File:Albany Democrat-Herald building.JPG|thumb|''Democrat-Herald'' offices on Lyon Street]]

The primary media outlet is the daily newspaper ''[[Albany Democrat-Herald]]''<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.democratherald.com/ | title= Albany Democrat-Herald | newspaper= Albany Democrat-Herald | access-date= 2010-07-08| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100707053352/http://democratherald.com/| archive-date= 2010-07-07| url-status= live}}</ref> which is owned and published by [[Lee Enterprises]]. The ''Democrat-Herald'' started as a political tool for one of Oregon's first senators.<ref name="lee.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/albany.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222042323/http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/albany.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-22 |title=Albany Democrat-Herald |access-date=2010-07-08 }}</ref> The ''Democrat-Herald'' traces its origin to the ''Albany Democrat'' newspaper, founded by [[Delazon Smith]] in 1859. Lee Enterprises also publishes the ''Mid-Valley Times'', the Sunday version of the paper.

===Radio===
Albany has eight different radio stations that are either broadcast or have offices within Albany and many others that serve the area. the FM stations are, 107.9FM [[KHPE]] that uses the tagline (HOPE-FM) which is a Christian contemporary music radio station,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hope1079.com/section/view/our_station/56/ |title=KHPE |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329064830/http://www.hope1079.com/section/view/our_station/56/ |archive-date=March 29, 2010 }}</ref> and 99.9FM [[KRKT-FM]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.krkt.com/pages/inner/contact |title=KRKT |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111044441/http://www.krkt.com/pages/inner/contact |archive-date=November 11, 2009 }}</ref> a country radio station that both broadcast from Albany. There is also 101.5FM [[KFLY]], which is based out of [[Eugene, Oregon]], but maintains an office in the Albany area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kflyfm.com/pages/contests?contestID=304 |title=KFLY |access-date=2010-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211195527/http://kflyfm.com/pages/contests?contestID=304 |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}</ref>

Along with the FM stations there are five AM stations. 790 AM [[KWIL]],<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.kwil790.com/ | title= KWIL | access-date= 2010-07-08}}</ref> is the AM version of KHPE (107.9FM). The others range from adult standard such as [[KSHO]] (920 AM),<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ksho.net/ | title= KSHO| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100708154543/http://www.ksho.net/| archive-date= 2010-07-08| url-status= live}}</ref> comedy radio and Seattle Mariners baseball games [[KTHH]] (990 AM),<ref>{{cite web | url= https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-radio.aspx | title= Oregon Radio Stations | work= Oregon Blue Book | publisher= Oregon Secretary of State | access-date= 2018-10-23 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035249/https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-radio.aspx | archive-date= 2018-10-24 | url-status= dead }}</ref> to sports [[KEJO]] (1240 AM),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kejoam.com/?pg=672 |title=KEJO |access-date=2021-02-12 }}</ref> and [[KGAL]] (1580 AM)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.kgal.com/ | title= KGAL| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527231106/http://www.kgal.com/| archive-date= 2010-05-27| url-status= live}}</ref> the local news and talk radio station.

==Infrastructure==
[[File:Albany Transit System bus 481 at Amtrak station in 2018 - Albany, Oregon.jpg|thumb|Albany Transit System bus at the Amtrak station in  2018]]
[[File:Albany Amtrak Station bus stop - Cascades POINT (24904860905).jpg|thumb|Amtrak station]]
[[File:Ellsworth Street Bridge black and white.jpeg|thumb|Ellsworth Street Bridge]]
[[File:Samaritan Albany General Hospital Oregon.JPG|thumb|Samaritan Albany General Hospital]]

===Transportation===

====Highway====
Albany is adjacent to [[Interstate 5 (Oregon)|Interstate 5]], while [[Oregon Route 99E]] runs through it in a north and south direction and [[U.S. Route 20 (Oregon)|U.S. Route 20]] runs through it in an east and west direction. Just outside the south end of Albany [[Oregon Route 34]] runs from east to west.

====Air====
[[Albany Municipal Airport (Oregon)|Albany Municipal Airport]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/airport/index.php | title= Albany Municipal Airport | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> is a [[general aviation]] airport on the eastern edge of Albany and has been open since 1920 and is believed to be the oldest operating airfield in Oregon. In 1998, the airport became the first airport in Oregon to be named to the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and was the City of Albany's fourth National Historic District,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> It held its first air show in 1931 and has been home to exhibits, helicopter rides and Young Eagles flights for children as part of the annual Northwest Art & Air Festival.<ref name="NWAA"/><ref name="ReferenceA"/> It has a single runway with the specs of 16–34 3,004 X 75, and is an asphalt runway. The closest airports with commercial air service available are the [[Eugene Airport]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=462&PageID=0| title= Eugene Airport| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100527102016/http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&cached=true&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=1&in_hi_userid=2&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=462&PageID=0| archive-date= 2010-05-27| url-status= dead}}</ref> to the south and the [[Portland International Airport]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_Home.aspx?ep=61c750f71caa40dfa5025f8ab5cc5bd2| title= Portland Airport (PDX)| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100706144628/http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_Home.aspx?ep=61c750f71caa40dfa5025f8ab5cc5bd2| archive-date= 2010-07-06| url-status= dead| access-date= 2010-06-10}}</ref> to the north.

====Bus====
Public transportation within Albany is provided by Albany Transit System (ATS).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/publicworks/ats/ | title= Albany Transit System | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> Connections to [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] are provided by bus service via the Linn-Benton Loop<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/publicworks/ats/lb_loop.php | title= Linn-Benton Loop  | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> and the Valley Retriever Thruway inter-county bus systems.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.trainweb.org/washarp/thrubus.html | title= Amtrak and Greyhound | publisher= Thruway Buses | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> ATS, the Linn-Benton Loop, and the Valley Retriever all provide bus service to and from the Amtrak station.

====Train====
[[Amtrak]], the national passenger rail system, provides service to Albany from its [[Albany, Oregon (Amtrak station)|Albany Station]] at 10th Avenue SW on two routes. Long-haul train route the ''[[Coast Starlight]]''<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Route_C/1241245648567/1237405732511 | title= Coast Starlight | publisher= Amtrak| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100702203122/http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer/AM_Route_C/1241245648567/1237405732511| archive-date= 2010-07-02| url-status= live}}</ref> (with service from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Seattle]]) stops in Albany daily in both directions. [[Amtrak Cascades|Amtrak ''Cascades'']] commuter trains operate between [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]] and [[Eugene, Oregon]], and serve Albany several times daily in each direction. The Amtrak ''Cascades'' line is the proposed path of the [[Pacific Northwest Corridor]] [[High-speed rail in the United States|high-speed rail]] line. The Albany station would be one of many stops along the proposed {{convert|466|mi|km|adj=on}}, {{convert|110|mph|kph|adj=on}} passenger line.

The station itself was constructed in 1909 for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] and is built of [[masonry]]. It is one of the oldest continuously operating passenger rail stations in the U.S.<ref name="ATS">{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=507 |title= News Release: Albany Station Earns Downtown Excellence Award |date=2006-04-26 |publisher= City of Albany |access-date= 2009-02-05}}</ref> and has one of the best-equipped engine shops in the northwest. [[Southern Pacific 4449]], a steam locomotive which resides at the [[Oregon Rail Heritage Center]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], occasionally visited the shop for repairs when it was residing at the Brooklyn Roundhouse in Portland (before 2012), as did several other locomotives stored at the now-demolished roundhouse.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Beginning in 2004, the station and the surrounding area underwent an $11.3 million restoration that was funded with a combination of federal, state, local, and Amtrak money.<ref name="ATS"/><ref name="ATS2">{{cite web |url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=170 |title= News Release: Groundbreaking for Multimodal Transportation Center |date=2004-05-06 |publisher= City of Albany |access-date= 2009-02-05}}</ref> In 2006 the city received the Award in Downtown Excellence from the Oregon Downtown Development Association for the renovation of the station.

====Bridges====
Albany has both the [[Ellsworth Street Bridge]] which was constructed in 1926<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/comdev/projects/narp/milestones.html | title= North Albany Milestones | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> and the [[Lyon Street Bridge]] that was constructed in 1973. They are both two-lane bridges that make up part of U.S. Route 20. The two bridges connect Linn to the south with Benton county in the north as they pass across the [[Willamette River]]. this makes up the major connection of downtown Albany with the north end of town and to Corvallis.

====Paths and trails====
Albany has many paths and trails open to both pedestrian and bicyclists. Simpson Park Trail is a dirt pedestrian trail with a round trip distance of {{convert|2.36|mi|km}}. The dirt trail starts at the parking lot of Simpson Park and continuing until the path ends in a grassy area with one very narrow path heading back toward the river. Periwinkle Creek Trail though is the longest of all the paved trails. It is a flat bicycle and pedestrian path that runs along Periwinkle Creek from the northwest corner of Grand Prairie Park to the Albany Boys and Girls Club, and travels a round trip distance of {{convert|3.61|mi|km}}. There are many other trails throughout the city to include, Cox Creek Loop and Waverly Lake Loop, Dave Clark Trail, Oak Creek Greenbelt Trail, Takena Landing Trail, Timber Linn Park Trails, and a proposed Swanson Park Connector a paved path on the north side of highway 99 that connects Swanson Park with the nearby Amtrak/Transit Center.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.cityofalbany.net/parks/paths.php | title= Walking Paths & Trails | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>

Albany has made a growing effort to increase itself as a bicyclist friendly town through increasing the number of paths and trails that are open to them. The city was recently recognised as a Bicycle-Friendly Community for 2010 by the [[League of American Bicyclists]] for its efforts.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.ci.albany.or.us/services/news_releases/show_item.php?id=1074 | title= Albany Designated Bicycle-Friendly Community | publisher= City of Albany | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>

===Health care===
Albany is served by [[Samaritan Albany General Hospital]], a 76-bed medical facility<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/sites/samaritanalbanygeneralhospital/Pages/default.aspx| title= Samaritan Albany General Hospital| publisher= SHS| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100724015100/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/sites/samaritanalbanygeneralhospital/Pages/default.aspx| archive-date= 2010-07-24| url-status= dead}}</ref> that is the main hospital for the city and has been in operation since 1924. Albany is also served by Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/samaritannorthalbanyurgentcare.aspx | title= Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care | publisher= SHS | access-date= 2010-07-10 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120912030150/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/samaritannorthalbanyurgentcare.aspx | archive-date= 2012-09-12 }}</ref> and Geary Street Urgent Care,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/gearystreeturgentcare.aspx | title= Geary Street Urgent Care | publisher= SHS | access-date= 2010-07-10 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120909002330/http://www.samhealth.org/patientsvisitors/locations/Pages/gearystreeturgentcare.aspx | archive-date= 2012-09-09 }}</ref> both of which are part of [[Samaritan Health Services]]. The unaffiliated Albany Family & Specialty Medicine also provides medical services to the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albanychamber.com/directory/popup.php?pos=2093 |title=Albany Family & Specialty Medicine |publisher=Albany Area Chamber of Commerce |access-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906221040/http://www.albanychamber.com/directory/popup.php?pos=2093 |archive-date=September 6, 2009 }}</ref>

==Notable people==
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[[File:George E Chamberlain 2.jpg|thumb|160px|George Chamberlain, the 11th Governor of Oregon]]

* [[Jerry Andrus]] (1918–2007) – magician<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/columnists/article_2e131fb4-15c7-54f4-9b23-347e48884490.html | title= The genuine magician | last= Raskaushas | first= Nancy | date= October 23, 2008 | publisher= The Entertainer | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>
* [[Mike Barrett (sportscaster)|Mike Barrett]] (born 1968)<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/8/23/599951/mike-barrett-interview-par | title= Mike Barrett Interview – Part I | date= 23 August 2008 | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref> – TV announcer of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
* [[Charles B. Bellinger]] (1839–1905) – federal district court judge, editor of the ''State Rights Democrat'' (Now the ''[[Albany Democrat-Herald]]'')<ref name="Oregon"/>
*[[Dyrol Burleson]] 1500m Olympian<ref>"Jaw Talk" ''Albany Democrat Herald'' March 28, 1968, Page H.</ref> 
* [[George Earle Chamberlain]] (1854–1928) – 11th Governor of Oregon<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/gechamb.htm | title= George Earle Chamberlain, Jr | publisher= Arlington National Cemetery | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-George-Chamberlain.cfm |title=George Chamberlain |publisher=Oregon History Project |access-date=2010-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027081917/http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-George-Chamberlain.cfm |archive-date=October 27, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Daveigh Chase]] (born 1990) – actress<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.daveigh.com/bio.htm | title= Biography for Daveigh Chase | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>
* [[Abigail Scott Duniway]] (1834–1915) – writer, newspaper publisher, and women's rights advocate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Abigail-Scott-Duniway.cfm |title=Abigail Scott Duniway Votes |publisher=Oregon History Project |access-date=2010-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027033317/http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/Oregon-Biographies-Abigail-Scott-Duniway.cfm |archive-date=October 27, 2007 }}</ref>
* [[Neil Elshire]] – former [[National Football League|NFL]] defensive end, [[Minnesota Vikings]]
* Members of [[Falling Up (band)|Falling Up]] – Christian rock band<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.thefish.com/music/reviews/11618932/ | title= Crashings | publisher= The Fish | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>
* [[Alan L. Hart]] (1890–1962) – physician and novelist, was raised in Albany<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.himesduniway.org/Hart.pdf|title=The Life and Career of Alberta Lucille / Dr. Alan Hart with Collected Early Writings|last=Booth|first=Brian|publisher=Friends of the Aubrey Watzek Library|year=2003|location=Portland, Oregon|access-date=2016-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214855/http://www.himesduniway.org/Hart.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dave Johnson (decathlete)|Dave Johnson]] (born 1963) – Olympic athlete and former West Albany High School teacher<ref>{{cite web | url= http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/olympics/dave-johnson.php | title= Dave Johnson | publisher= Premiere Athlete and Celebrity | access-date= 2010-09-25 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181103/http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/olympics/dave-johnson.php | archive-date= 2018-01-18 | url-status= usurped }}</ref>
* [[Percy R. Kelly]] (1870–1949) – American attorney and jurist in the state of Oregon<ref name="Oregon"/>
* [[Frank Morse (Oregon politician)|Frank Morse]] (born 1943) – politician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/morse/ |title=Senator Frank Morse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617132502/http://www.leg.state.or.us/morse/ |archive-date=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Leonard Shoen|Sam Shoen]] (1916–1999) – founder of [[U-Haul]] Corp., operated a barbershop in the St. Francis Hotel at First Ave. and Calapooia St. while a student at [[Oregon State University|Oregon State College]] in the early 1940s
* [[Delazon Smith]] (1816–1860) – politician<ref>{{cite web | url= http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000526 | title= SMITH, Delazon, (1816–1860) | access-date= 2010-07-10}}</ref>
* [[Elmo Smith]] (1909–1968) – [[List of Governors of Oregon|27th]] [[Governor of Oregon|Governor]] of Oregon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:elmo+And+recNumber:APD%2a&sortBy=recCreatedOn-|title=Oregon State Archives: Governor Elmo Smith's Administration|work=state.or.us|access-date=4 May 2015}}</ref>
* [[Evelyn Waldren]] (1908-1986) - Aviation Pioneer <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/linn-dar-to-honor-early-aviator/article_070d2644-c302-51fd-8fc6-309e891f3518.html|title=Linn DAR To Honor Early Aviator|last=Moody|first=Jennifer|date=19 November 2018|work=Albany Democrat-Herald|access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[James K. Weatherford]] (1850–1935) – [[List of speakers of the Oregon House of Representatives|Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives]] (1876) and State Senator<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2417560/death_closes_colorful_career_of_james/ "Death Closes Colorful Career of Weatherford; Funeral Service Friday,"] ''Capital Journal'' (Salem, OR),
Aug. 1, 1935, pg. 16.</ref>
* [[Mae Yih]] (born 1928) – member of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite Q | Q107296659}}</ref><ref>{{cite Q | Q107296649}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[West Albany, Albany, Oregon|West Albany]]

==References==
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==Further reading==

* ''The City of Albany, State of Oregon.'' Portland, OR: Lewis & Dryden Printing Co., 1891.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2424476/mayors_of_albany_men_who_have_served/ "Mayors of Albany: Men Who Have Served Since the Earliest Municipal Organization,"] ''Morning Daily Herald'' [Albany], vol. 4, no. 33 (Jan. 6, 1889), pg. 3.

==External links==
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*[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/albany.aspx Entry for Albany] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''
*[https://www.cityofalbany.net/ Official Website]
*[http://www.albanychamber.com/ Albany Chamber of Commerce]
*[http://www.albanyvisitors.com/ Albany Visitors Association]
*[http://www.linncountyroots.com/Towns/Albany.htm Linn County Roots entry for Albany]
*[http://watch.opb.org/video/2296617482 Albany Carousel] Documentary produced by [[Oregon Public Broadcasting]]
*{{Oregon Encyclopedia|albany|Albany|Spence, Mark}}
*{{Cite NIE|wstitle=Albany (Oregon) |year=1905 |short=x}}
*{{Cite Americana|wstitle=Albany (Oregon)  |year=1920 |short=x}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150223012015/http://www.co.linn.or.us/Roads/CovBridge/CoveredBridgeRoute.htm Albany Covered Bridge Route]

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