Albany, Pennsylvania

Albany is an unincorporated community in far northern Berks County, Pennsylvania. The village is located in central Albany Township, the northernmost and most sparsely populated of all the townships in Berks County.

Albany, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°23′33″N 75°59′40″W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Berks
Township	Albany
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	610

History

A post office called Albany was established in 1845, and remained in operation until 1953.[1] The community took its name from Albany Township.[2]

References

"Berks County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
"Some peculiar post office names in Berks". Reading Eagle. November 27, 1910. p. 11. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
County seat: Reading
City	Reading
Boroughs	Adamstown‡ Bally Bechtelsville Bernville Birdsboro Boyertown Centerport Fleetwood Hamburg Kenhorst Kutztown Laureldale Leesport Lenhartsville Lyons Mohnton Mount Penn New Morgan Robesonia St. Lawrence Shillington Shoemakersville Sinking Spring Topton Wernersville West Reading Womelsdorf Wyomissing
Townships	Albany Alsace Amity Bern Bethel Brecknock Caernarvon Centre Colebrookdale Cumru District Douglass Earl Exeter Greenwich Heidelberg Hereford Jefferson Longswamp Lower Alsace Lower Heidelberg Maidencreek Marion Maxatawny Muhlenberg North Heidelberg Oley Ontelaunee Penn Perry Pike Richmond Robeson Rockland Ruscombmanor South Heidelberg Spring Tilden Tulpehocken Union Upper Bern Upper Tulpehocken Washington Windsor
CDPs	Alleghenyville Alsace Manor Amity Gardens Baumstown Bethel Blandon Bowers Colony Park Dauberville Douglassville Dryville Edenburg Flying Hills Fox Chase Frystown Gibraltar Gouglersville Greenfields Grill Hereford Hyde Park Jacksonwald Kempton Kutztown University Lincoln Park Lorane Maxatawny Mertztown Mohrsville Montrose Manor Morgantown‡ Mount Aetna Muhlenberg Park New Berlinville New Jerusalem New Schaefferstown Oley Penn State Berks Pennside Pennwyn Rehrersburg Reiffton Riverview Park Schubert Shartlesville South Temple Spring Ridge Springmont Stony Creek Mills Stouchsburg Strausstown Temple Virginville Walnuttown West Hamburg West Lawn West Wyomissing Whitfield
Other communities	Albany Amityville Barto Basket Beckersville Berne Boyers Junction Breezy Corner Brownsville Cacoosing Chapel‡ Clayton Dale Earlville Dreibelbis Eagle Point Eckville Eshbach Evansville Five Points Fredericksville Fritztown Geigertown Greenawald Greenfield Manor Green Hills Grimville Hancock Harlem Henningsville Hinterleiter Host Huffs Church Jalappa Joanna Joanna Heights Kempville Kirbyville Klinesville Knauers Krumsville Kulptown Landis Store Leinbachs Limekiln Lobachsville Longswamp Maiden Creek Manatawny Maple Grove Molltown Monocacy Station Montello Monterey Morysville Moselem Moselem Springs New Hensingersville‡ North Heidelberg Pikeville Pine Forge Pleasant Valley Pleasantville Plowville Pricetown Quaker City Rittenhouse Gap Sally Ann Scarlets Mill Seisholtzville State Hill Stony Run Trexler Tuckerton Unionville Vinemont Weavertown Windsor Castle Wintersville Woodchoppertown Wyomissing Hills Yellow House
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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