Albany County Facts
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Facts of Interest
- Population: 294,565
- Year Organized: 1683
- Area: 524 Square Miles
- County Seat: Albany
- County Legislators: 37
- County Nursing Homes: 2
- Colleges and Universities: 8
- State Parks: 3
- Communities: 48
- 628 Uniformed Police Officers
- School Districts: 13
- Named in honor of the Duke of York and Albany, who later became James II.
- Home of Albany, the capital of New York.
- Home of the first American Shaker community (Town of Colonie).
- Final resting place of Chester Alan Arthur, twenty-first president of the United States (City of Albany).
- Home of the AfricanAmerican Arts and Cultural Festival.