History · Albany

Albany’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Albany. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
1recent photos

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Albany is a village in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,096 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Albany.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,018 to 1,096 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1938.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1900s2 items · Methodist ChurchLOC
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Albany’s history is told.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMethodist Church, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Albany

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By decade

Albany, decade by decade

1910s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Albany is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Albany has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cleveland's Hall and Blacksmith Shop in Brooklyn, 4.9 miles away.

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Cleveland's Hall and Blacksmith Shop’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Albany?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Albany’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Methodist Church (1907) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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