Albany

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE · NEBRASKA

A historical populated place in Sheridan County, Nebraska, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name: Albany
Feature Type: Populated Place (historical)
State: Nebraska
County: Sheridan County
USGS Map: Clinton NE
Coordinates: 42.9583251, -102.2893218
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GNIS Feature ID: 1832166

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

coordinates approximate

GNIS historical note

Named by W D McIntyre for Albany, New York. (NE-T18/p133)

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1832166. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

Text Perkey, Elton A. Perkey's Nebraska Place-Names. Rev. ed. Lincoln, NE: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1995. 227 pages.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.