Brief
History:
Albany County was organized in
1868 of territory annexed from Laramie
County in Dakota Territory, which at the
time had
jurisdiction over part of modern-day
Wyoming.
It became a county in Wyoming Territory when
its government was formally
organized on May 19, 1869.
Charles D. Bradley, a
member of the legislature of the Dakota
Territory named the county for Albany, New
York,
the capital of his native state.
In 1875, the Wyoming Territorial
legislature authorized portions of Albany
County to be
annexed to build Crook and Johnson
counties, and in 1888 land was taken from
Albany County for the creation of Converse
County. Further adjustments
were made to the county's boundary in 1911
and 1955.
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