Place:Albany, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States

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NameAlbany
TypeTown
Coordinates43.95°N 71.167°W
Located inCarroll, New Hampshire, United States
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Albany is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 759 at the 2020 census.[1]

Most of Albany is within the southeastern corner of the White Mountain National Forest, including Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus. Albany is the entrance to the Mount Washington Valley, and features a covered bridge that spans the Swift River just north of the Kancamagus Highway. Albany is also home to the World Fellowship Center, an intergenerational camp and conference retreat center founded in 1941 by and for peace activists.

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The community was first chartered in 1766 by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth as "Burton", for General Jonathan Burton of Wilton, New Hampshire. The town was incorporated and renamed "Albany" in 1833, when the New York Central Railroad from New York City to Albany, New York, was chartered.

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