ALBANY, a city of Oregon, U.S.A., on the Willamette river, about 8o m. S. of Portland; the county seat of Linn county. It is on the Pacific highway, and is served by the Southern Pacific, and the Oregon Electric railways. The population was 4,84o in 1920 and 5,325 in 193o.
Albany is an important railway centre. It manufactures chairs, boxes, garage doors, saddles and harness, condensed and powdered milk; and has a cannery, a flour mill, a meat-packing plant, a foundry and machine shop, a creamery, and a number of smaller industries. It is the seat of Albany college (established 1866), which guarantees to students an opportunity to eam part of their expenses. Albany was settled in 1846 and incorporated as a city in 1865.