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Albany
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seat of Linn County, Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Counties
- Linn , Benton
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Alex Johnson II (NP)
- City
- 17.86 sq mi (46.27 km )
- Land
- 17.66 sq mi (45.73 km )
- Water
- 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km )
- Urban
- 22 sq mi (56 km )
- Elevation
- 226 ft (69 m)
- Density
- 3,198.1/sq mi (1,234.81/km )
- Metro
- 128,610 (US: 315th )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (Pacific)
- Zip codes
- 97321-97322
- Area codes
- 541, 458
- Fips code
- 41-01000
- Website
- albanyoregon .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Albany
- Official name
- Albany
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Benton County
- Population
- 56472
- Area
- 45.966872
- Elevation
- 60
- Time zone
- Alaska Time Zone
- Capital of
- Linn County
- Shares border with
- Jefferson
- Official website
- www.cityofalbany.net
- Image
- Downtown Albany Oregon.JPG
- Households
- 20278
- Dialing code
- 458
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- Commons category
- Albany, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Albany, Oregon
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- postal code
- 97322
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Albany, Oregon
- water as percent of area
- 1.1876
- different from
- Albany
- per capita income
- 28802
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Albany (/ˈælbəni/ AL-bə-nee) is a city in and the county seat of Linn County, Oregon, and is the 11th most populous city in the state. Albany is located in the Willamette Valley at the confluence of the Calapooia River and the Willamette River in both Linn and Benton counties, just east of Corvallis and south of Salem. It is predominantly a farming and manufacturing city that settlers founded around 1848. As of the 2020 United States census, the population of Albany, Oregon was 56,472.
Albany has a home rule charter, a council–manager government, and a full-time unelected city manager. The city provides the population with access to over 30 parks and trails, a senior center, and many cultural events such as the Northwest Art & Air Festival, River Rhythms, Summer Sounds and Movies at Monteith. In addition to farming and manufacturing, the city's economy depends on retail trade, health care, and social assistance. In recent years the city has worked to revive the downtown shopping area, with help from the Central Albany Revitalization Area.
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