Albion, Idaho
city in Cassia County, Colorado, United States
Albion is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Burley, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 234 at the 2020 census. Albion was the county seat of Cassia County from 1879 to 1918.
Albion is one of the few cities in the Magic Valley region of Idaho founded before 1900. Beginning in 1893 it was home of the Albion State Normal School, which trained many Idaho teachers. The school was closed in 1951 and its teaching programs were transferred to Idaho State College (now Idaho State University) in Pocatello. The college was later opened by the Churches of Christ as Magic Valley Christian College, a part of Pepperdine College in California. By 2006 the campus had fallen into serious disrepair.
History
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“Albion, Idaho” enters the record as city in Cassia County, Colorado, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Albion, Idaho and city can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1513337. VIAF identifies the subject as 144393099. The Library of Congress control number is n92095962. Authority coordinates are 42.411, -113.581. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1879, 1918 and 1900.
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