Albion (community), Wisconsin

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Albion, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Public park and war memorial in Albion
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Coordinates: 42°52′46″N89°04′11″W / 42.87944°N 89.06972°W / 42.87944; -89.06972
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Dane County
Town Albion
Elevation
260 m (840 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 608
GNIS feature ID1560730 [1]

Albion is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

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History

Isaac Brown, an early resident of Albion, named the community after his hometown of Albion, New York. [2]

Albion is the site of the former Albion Academy. Founded by Seventh Day Baptists, the school was later operated by the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. The school closed in 1918. [3] In 1928, the Town of Albion purchased the buildings. In 1959, the academy property was turned over to the Albion Academy Historical Society, which operates a museum on the site. [4]

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Highway sign for Albion

References

  1. 1 2 "Albion, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN   9780299309640.
  3. ↑ Sanford, Don A. (1992). A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists. Nashville: Broadman Press. pp. 127–286. ISBN   0-8054-6055-1.
  4. ↑ Official Wisconsin Historical Marker

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