Albion, Michigan Albion, Michigan Location of Albion, Michigan Location of Albion, Michigan Albion is a town/city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S.
The Festival of the Forks has been held annually since 1967 to jubilate Albion's ethnic heritage.
The existence of a several major manufacturers since the 19th century has given Albion the reputation of a factory town.
This has changed with the closure of a several manufacturers, and Albion's culture is changing to that of a college town with a strong interest in technology and sustainability issues.
Albion College is a private liberal arts college with a student populace of about 1,750.
Albion is a sister town/city with Noisy-le-Roi, France.
In 1835, the Albion Company, a territory evolution company formed by Jesse Crowell, platted a village and Peabody's wife was asked to name the settlement.
She considered the name "Peabodyville", but "Albion" was chose instead, after the former residence of Jesse Crowell.
Albion incorporated as a village in 1855 and as a town/city in 1885. In 1835, Methodist Episcopal pioneer established Albion College, which was known by a several other names before 1861 when the college was fully authorized to confer four-year degrees on both men and women.
The first classes were held in Albion in 1843.
The forks of the Kalamazoo River provided power for mills, and Albion quickly became a foundry town as well as an agricultural market.
In 1973 Albion was titled an All-America City by the National Civic League.
Since that time people have mobilized, with support from the Albion Community Foundation established in 1968, and the Albion Volunteer Service Organization, established in the 1980s with support from Albion College, to address the challenge of diminishing economic opportunity.
Albion's historic brick chief street first laid in 1903 and reconstructed with hand-laid, kiln-fired clay bricks in 1993.
1964: Aunt Jemima visited Albion on January 25. Albion has a Council-Manager form of government.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.51 square miles (11.68 km2), of which 4.41 square miles (11.42 km2) is territory and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2) is water. Albion is positioned 42.24 degrees north of the equator and 84.75 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Climate data for Albion Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides daily service to Albion, operating its Wolverine both directions between Chicago, Illinois and Pontiac, Michigan via Detroit.
Greyhound Lines provides daily intercity town/city bus service to Albion between Chicago, Illinois and Detroit.
Fisher, food writer, born in Albion Frank Joranko, football player and coach for Albion College Martin Wells Knapp, American Methodist evangelist who established the Pilgrim Holiness Church and God's Bible School and College, born in Albion.
Bill Laswell, jazz bassist, record producer and record label owner; born in Albion Mack, banker, director of Las Vegas hotels Riviera and Dunes, founder of University of Nevada, Las Vegas; born in Albion Deacon Mc - Guire, experienced baseball player for 26 seasons, lived in Albion Gary Lee Nelson, composer, pioneer in electronic and computer music; interval up in Albion Gary Lee Nelson's home page Jack Vaughn, Assistant Secretary of State, Ambassador to Panama and Colombia, and Director of the Peace Corps (1966-1969); interval up in Albion United States Enumeration Bureau.
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: Albion, MI".
"Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Albion, Michigan".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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Municipalities and communities of Calhoun County, Michigan, United States
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