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Albany, Oregon
Population: 46,610
Located in Benton County
Albany, Oregon
Living in the present... looking to the future... honoring the past. Albany, now an important manufacturing center for the rare metals, food processing, timber and seed industries, has never forgotten its Victorian days - its beginning as a thriving and prosperous river town. When Highway 99 and I-5 were constructed, Albany's older commercial and residential areas were bypassed, and now Albany is home to Oregon's largest group of past architectural styles, including every major style popular in the U.S. since 1850. The Monteith, Hackleman and Downtown Commercial Historic Districts have 350 historic homes.
You can find treasures and collectibles in any of the many antique shops. There is plenty of wonderful places to eat. Our theatre is famous for presenting wonderful plays. City of Albany, Oregon.
Our city of about 42,000 sits in the heart of western Oregon's Willamette River valley, on the banks of the Willamette and its tributary, the Calapooia River. From its river town beginnings, Albany has grown south and east with the railroads, state highways and Interstate 5, and across the Willamette into the farms and wooded hillsides of North Albany.
Albany is the largest city in Linn County and serves as the county seat. Albany is also the second largest city in Benton County.
Albany is credited by historians and architects with having the most varied collection of historic buildings in Oregon. This collection includes styles from the 1840s through the late 1920s and is concentrated in an area of about 100 square blocks. Four historic districts are listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior.
Albany is known as the rare metals capitol of the world. Several local industries produce zirconium, hafnium, and titanium. Wood products, food processing, and manufactured homes production are major employers also.
Municipal government operates under a home rule charter in a Council-Manager form. Six City Councilors are elected to represent three geographic wards, and have overlapping 4-year terms. The Mayor is elected at large every two years. A full-time City Manager administers the affairs of the City for the Council.
Courtesy of the City of Albany, Oregon
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