Albion (New York)

Albion is the county seat of Orleans County, New York and was founded in 1812.

Understand
Albion has a nice sampling of well-preserved historic buildings and monuments for a town its size.

In 1824, when Orleans County was split from Genesee County, the tiny hamlets of Albion and nearby Gaines were the two candidates for county seat. But the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825, routed through Albion, not Gaines, so Albion was chosen as the seat of the new county's government.

Get in
The nearest bigger city is Rochester.

Connect

 * Albion is in Rochester's 585 area code, and most landline numbers are in the 589 exchange. The ZIP code is 14411.

Albion receives radio and television broadcasts from both Buffalo and Rochester&mdash;and sometimes even Toronto if the weather is good. The Batavia Daily News is the closest thing to a local daily newspaper; the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle does deliver to Albion but no longer has the resources to cover Orleans County news.

Go next

 * Visitors to Albion with an interest in history shouldn't hesitate to take a trip a few miles north to Childs, where several historic buildings have been preserved as part of the Cobblestone Society Museum.