Albany County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 37,066. Its county seat is Laramie, the site of the University of Wyoming. Its southern border lies on the northern Colorado state line. Albany County comprises the Laramie, WY Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is the fifth-most populous county in Wyoming.
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.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water.
Adjacent counties
- Converse County – north
- Platte County – northeast
- Laramie County – east
- Larimer County, Colorado – south
- Jackson County, Colorado – southwest
- Carbon County – west
- Natrona County – northwest
Transit
- University of Wyoming Transit System (Roundup)
- Greyhound Lines
Major highways
- 20px Interstate 80
- 20px U.S. Highway 30
- 20px U.S. Highway 287
- 20px Wyoming Highway 10
- 20px Wyoming Highway 11
- 20px Wyoming Highway 12
- 20px Wyoming Highway 13
- 20px Wyoming Highway 34
- 20px Wyoming Highway 130
- 20px Wyoming Highway 210
- 20px Wyoming Highway 230
National protected areas
- Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge
- Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Medicine Bow National Forest (part)
- Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge