Albany, Texas facts for kids
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Albany, Texas
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| Motto(s):
Home of the Hereford
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| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Shackelford |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.57 sq mi (4.06 km2) |
| • Land | 1.57 sq mi (4.06 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,414 ft (431 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 1,854 |
| • Density | 1,180.89/sq mi (456.65/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
76430
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| Area code(s) | 325 |
| FIPS code | 48-01648 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1329326 |
Albany is a city in Shackelford County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,854 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Shackelford County.
History
Established in 1873, Albany was named by county clerk William Cruger after his former home of Albany, Georgia.
Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess, survivor of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines and namesake of Dyess Air Force Base, was born in Albany on August 9, 1916.
Major General Robert B. Williams, who led the World War II aerial bombing raid on Schweinfurt, Germany, was born in Albany on November 9, 1901.
Geography
Albany is located northeast of Abilene, the seat of Taylor County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), all land.
Climate
| Climate data for Albany, Texas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 92 (33) |
96 (36) |
101 (38) |
103 (39) |
113 (45) |
115 (46) |
114 (46) |
114 (46) |
111 (44) |
104 (40) |
94 (34) |
91 (33) |
115 (46) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 56.9 (13.8) |
60.8 (16.0) |
68.7 (20.4) |
77.0 (25.0) |
83.9 (28.8) |
90.7 (32.6) |
94.7 (34.8) |
94.9 (34.9) |
87.3 (30.7) |
78.2 (25.7) |
66.7 (19.3) |
57.9 (14.4) |
76.5 (24.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 44.2 (6.8) |
47.9 (8.8) |
55.5 (13.1) |
63.5 (17.5) |
72.0 (22.2) |
79.5 (26.4) |
83.2 (28.4) |
82.7 (28.2) |
75.2 (24.0) |
65.2 (18.4) |
54.2 (12.3) |
45.6 (7.6) |
64.1 (17.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 31.5 (−0.3) |
35.0 (1.7) |
42.2 (5.7) |
49.9 (9.9) |
60.1 (15.6) |
68.3 (20.2) |
71.8 (22.1) |
70.5 (21.4) |
63.1 (17.3) |
52.3 (11.3) |
41.7 (5.4) |
33.3 (0.7) |
51.6 (10.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −8 (−22) |
−7 (−22) |
3 (−16) |
19 (−7) |
32 (0) |
44 (7) |
48 (9) |
44 (7) |
33 (1) |
19 (−7) |
7 (−14) |
−6 (−21) |
−8 (−22) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.22 (31) |
1.73 (44) |
2.36 (60) |
2.81 (71) |
3.39 (86) |
3.87 (98) |
2.27 (58) |
2.11 (54) |
2.97 (75) |
2.72 (69) |
1.93 (49) |
1.54 (39) |
28.92 (735) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.9 (2.3) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.6 (1.5) |
2.3 (5.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 59.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 129 | — | |
| 1890 | 857 | 564.3% | |
| 1920 | 1,469 | — | |
| 1930 | 2,422 | 64.9% | |
| 1940 | 2,230 | −7.9% | |
| 1950 | 2,241 | 0.5% | |
| 1960 | 2,174 | −3.0% | |
| 1970 | 1,978 | −9.0% | |
| 1980 | 2,450 | 23.9% | |
| 1990 | 1,962 | −19.9% | |
| 2000 | 1,921 | −2.1% | |
| 2010 | 2,034 | 5.9% | |
| 2020 | 1,854 | −8.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
2020 census
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (NH) | 1,525 | 82.25% |
| Black or African American (NH) | 10 | 0.54% |
| Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 4 | 0.22% |
| Asian (NH) | 7 | 0.38% |
| Some Other Race (NH) | 2 | 0.11% |
| Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 47 | 2.54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 259 | 13.97% |
| Total | 1,854 |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,854 people, 686 households, and 405 families residing in the city.
Schools
Albany is served by the Albany Independent School District. Their mascot is the Lion and their school colors are red and white.
- Nancy Smith Elementary (Grades PK–6)
- 2006 National Blue Ribbon School
- Albany Junior/Senior High School (Grades 7–12)
Fort Griffin Fandangle
Since 1938, Texas' oldest outdoor musical, the Fort Griffin Fandangle, has been presented during the last two weekends of June in the Prairie Theater about historic Fort Griffin, a military outpost established in 1867 near Albany and now a state park. The program, the content of which is different each year, attempts to recapture the theatrical charm of the American West.
The show offers covered wagons and buggies, a stagecoach, a replica of the first Texas Central Railroad train, an oil derrick, and cowboys whose ancestors pushed Longhorn herds up the nearby Great Western Cattle Trail. The Dallas Morning News describes Fandangle, accordingly: "as professional as a multimillion dollar Broadway musical, with sets and costumes to match, with a cast of three hundred". The Abilene Reporter-News calls the program "Frontier history served up with genuine earthiness, spiced by rare humor."
See also
In Spanish: Albany (Texas) para niños
