Albion is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Albion, Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.[1]
Albion, Wisconsin | |
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 Public park and war memorial in Albion | |
  Albion  Albion | |
| Coordinates: 42°52′46″N 89°04′11″W / 42.87944°N 89.06972°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  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 ID | 1560730[1] |
History
editIsaac 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Albion, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Callary, Edward (2016). Place Names of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 9780299309640.
- ^ Sanford, Don A. (1992). A Choosing People: The History of Seventh Day Baptists. Nashville: Broadman Press. pp. 127–286. ISBN 0-8054-6055-1.
- ^ Official Wisconsin Historical Marker
Further reading
edit- Cornwall, A. R. "Albion" in Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns. Madison: Wm. J. Park, 1877, pp. 283–290.
- Emery, J. Q. "Albion Academy". The Wisconsin Magazine of History, vol. 7, no. 3 (March 1924): 303–319.