Albert’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Albert. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Albert was founded circa the early 1880s. It was named for Albert Kraisinger, a storekeeper. Albert was a station on the Great Bend and Scott division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
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Start Albert’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albert’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1850: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Albert, decade by decade
Nothing in Albert is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Albert has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Walnut Creek Bridge in Buffalo, 6.5 miles away.
Albert and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Descriptions - Kansas - Barton County - ED 5-28, ED 5-29, ED 5-30, ED 5-31, ED 5-32, E… (1850) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.