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Albany
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city in and county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States
Albany is a city in Georgia that serves as the county seat of Dougherty County, meaning it functions as the administrative center for the county government. As a regional hub in southern Georgia, it plays an important role in local governance and commerce for the area.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Albany
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Dougherty County
- Population
- 69647
- Area
- 144.747307
- Elevation
- 62
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Dougherty County
- Shares border with
- Phenix City
- Official website
- www.albanyga.gov
- Image
- Albany Government Center.jpg
- Households
- 28184
- Dialing code
- 229
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- Commons category
- Albany, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Albany, Georgia
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Albany, Georgia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Albany, Georgia
- inception
- 1836-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 1.3634
- native label
- Albany
- postal code
- 31721
- different from
- Albany
- per capita income
- 20351
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Encyclopedic overview
Albany (/ɔːlˈbɪni/ awl-BIN-ee) is a city in the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Flint River, it is the county seat of Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in Southwest Georgia, it is the principal city of the Albany metropolitan area. The city's population was 68,089 in 2020.
It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center, first served by riverboats. Scheduled steamboats connected Albany with the busy port of Apalachicola, Florida. They were replaced by railroads. Seven lines met in Albany, and it was a center of trade in the Southeast.
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