Albany, Louisiana

Albany's name began as a compromise. The Illinois Central line and the post office rejected Natalbany, the name of the nearby river, because another community already used it, and the shorter name stuck. Some tell it as an echo of the Choctaw word abani, though older residents credit the river. Albany was incorporated on October 7, 1953, and runs under the Lawrason Act with a mayor, aldermen, an elected chief of police and a mayor's court. The town sits at the junction of U.S. 190 and Louisiana 43, with Interstate 12 just to the south.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Tickfaw State Park — 8.8 mi
  A floodplain park on the Tickfaw River, with cypress-tupelo swamp, bottomland hardwoods and about 4.75 miles of trails and boardwalks, plus a nature center with an 800-gallon river aquarium.

More markers nearby

• Hungarian Settlement — 1.5 mi
• The Republic of West Florida — 4.7 mi
• Springfield's Role in West Florida Revolution — 5.3 mi
• Springfield — 5.4 mi