Albany ( ) is a city in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
. Located on the
Flint River, it is the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
of
Dougherty County, and is the sole incorporated city in that county. Located in
Southwest Georgia,
it is the principal city of the
Albany metropolitan area. The city's population was 68,089 in 2020.
It became prominent in the nineteenth century as a shipping and market center, first served by
riverboat
A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury ...
s. Scheduled steamboats connected Albany with the busy port of
Apalachicola, Florida
Apalachicola ( ) is a city and the county seat of Franklin County, Florida, United States, on the shore of Apalachicola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 2,341 at the 2020 census.
History
The Apalachicola Province, a ...
. They were replaced by
railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...
. Seven lines met in Albany, and it was a center of trade in the Southeast.
Albany is part of the
Black Belt, a geological formation of soil conducive to cotton growth. An extensive area in the Southern geographical area of the United States. From the mid-20th century, it received military investment during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
and after, that helped develop the region. Albany and this area were prominent during the civil rights era, particularly during the early 1960s as activists worked to regain voting and other civil rights. Railroad restructuring and reduction in the military here caused job losses, but the city has developed new businesses. The
historically black Albany State University
Albany State University is a Public university, public Historically Black College and University, historically black university in Albany, Georgia, United States. In 2017, Darton State College and Albany State University consolidated to become ...
enrolls more than 6,500 students annually.
History
Albany is located in a region which was long inhabited by the
Creek Indians, who called it ''Thronateeska'' after their word for "
flint
Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Historically, flint was widely used to make stone tools and start ...
", the valuable mineral found in beds near the Flint River. They used it for making arrowheads and other tools. In 1830,
U.S. Congress
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Representatives, and an upper body, the U.S. Senate. They both ...
passed the
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States president Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, ...
, and the United States made treaties to extinguish Creek and other Native American land claims in the Southeast. The U.S. Army forcibly removed most of the native peoples to
Indian Territory
Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the Federal government of the United States, United States government for the relocation of Native Americans in the United States, ...
, lands west of the
Mississippi River
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.
Nelson Tift
European-American settlement began with
Nelson Tift
Nelson Tift (July 23, 1810 – November 21, 1891) was an American jurist, businessman, sailor, and politician who is best known for founding the city of Albany, Georgia.
Biography
Tift was born in Groton, Connecticut. Early in his life he beca ...
of
Groton, Connecticut
Groton ( ) is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, located on the Thames River (Connecticut), Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United St ...
, who took land along the
Flint River in October 1836 after
Indian removal. Tift and his colleagues named the new town Albany after
the capital
''The Capital'' (also known as ''Capital Gazette'' as its online nameplate and informally, while the Sunday edition is called ''The Sunday Capital'') is a daily newspaper published by Capital Gazette Communications in Annapolis, Maryland, to ...
of New York; noting that New York's Albany was a commercial center located at the headwaters of the
Hudson River
The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ...
, they hoped that their town near the headwaters of the Flint would prove to be just as successful. It proved to be nowhere near as prosperous. Alexander Shotwell laid out the town in 1836, and it was incorporated as a city by an act of the General Assembly of Georgia on December 27, 1838.
Tift was the city's leading entrepreneur for decades. An ardent booster, he promoted education, business, and railroad construction. During the Civil War he provided naval supplies and helped build two ships. He opposed
Radical Reconstruction
The Reconstruction era was a period in History of the United States, US history that followed the American Civil War (1861-65) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the Abolitionism in the United States, abol ...
inside the state and in Congress, and was scornful of the
Yankee
The term ''Yankee'' and its contracted form ''Yank'' have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, the Northeastern United Stat ...
carpetbaggers who came in. Historian John Fair concludes that Tift became "more Southern than many natives."
His pro-slavery attitudes before the war and his support for
segregation Segregation may refer to:
Separation of people
* Geographical segregation, rates of two or more populations which are not homogenous throughout a defined space
* School segregation
* Housing segregation
* Racial segregation, separation of human ...
afterward made him compatible with Georgia's white elite.
[Fair, John D. "Nelson Tift: A Connecticut Yankee in King Cotton's Court", ''Georgia Historical Quarterly'' (2004) 88#3 pp 338-374]
This area was developed for cotton cultivation by planters, who used numerous enslaved African Americans to clear lands and process the cotton. As a result of the planters' acquisition of slave workers, by 1840 Dougherty County's majority population was black, composed overwhelmingly of slaves. The market center for cotton
plantations, Albany was in a prime location for shipping cotton to other markets by
steamboat
A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels worki ...
s. In 1858, Tift hired
Horace King, a former slave and bridge builder, to construct a
toll bridge
A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or '' toll'') is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road ...
over the river. King's bridge toll house still stands.
Already important as a shipping port, Albany later became an important railroad hub in southwestern Georgia. Seven lines were constructed to the town. An exhibit on trains is located at the Thronateeska Heritage Center in the former
railroad station
A train station, railroad station, or railway station is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ...
.
Carey Wentworth Styles
After the war,
Carey Wentworth Styles moved to Albany and founded the newspaper ''Albany News''. In the early years following the war, Styles, like Tift, took great exception to the
Radical Reconstruction
The Reconstruction era was a period in History of the United States, US history that followed the American Civil War (1861-65) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the Abolitionism in the United States, abol ...
program then in force, and advocated for a more moderate response based on his interpretation of Georgia's rights under the
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
.
Styles backed "constitutional reconstruction" advanced by
Benjamin H. Hill and sought support for the idea from the national
Democratic party.
While on a trip to
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
in May 1868, to meet with Democratic party leaders, Styles took measure of the contemporary Atlanta newspapers, and found them lacking.
Styles believed them to be little more than organs for the
Radical Republican reconstruction agenda.
He resolved to bring a paper aligned with the Democratic party viewpoint to the Atlanta market, one supporting his constitutional reconstruction ideals.
Styles moved from Albany to Atlanta, and on May 9 he announced that he had obtained the necessary financial backing to purchase the ''Daily Opinion''.
On June 16, 1868, the ''new Democratic daily'' (as he described it) printed its first edition, under the name ''The Constitution''.
Styles' tenure at the ''
Atlanta Constitution
''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' (''AJC'') is an American daily newspaper based in Atlanta metropolitan area, metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Jo ...
'' would be brief. Unable to pay for his portion of the purchase, when the sale of his ''Albany News'' fell through, Styles was forced to surrender his interest in the paper to his joint venture partners. Styles returned to Albany as editor of the ''News''. In 1872, he was elected to the
Georgia Senate, representing Augusta and surrounding communities, in an ironic turn of events, having killed a member of the
Georgia House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republican Party (United States), Repu ...
in his earlier years.
After his legislative service, Styles sold the Albany newspaper in 1876 and returned to Atlanta.
20th century to present
While integral to the economic life of the town, the Flint River has flooded regularly. It caused extensive property damage in 1841 and 1925. The city has also been subject to
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...
es. On February 10, 1940, a severe tornado hit Albany, killing eighteen people and causing large-scale damage.
1940 tornado gallery
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On April 11, 1906, the
Carnegie Library, created by matching funds from the philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie ( , ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the History of the iron and steel industry in the United States, American steel industry in the late ...
, was opened downtown. Originally a
segregated facility under
Jim Crow
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, " Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. The last of the ...
laws, it was not open to African Americans until after the passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and United States labor law, labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on Race (human categorization), race, Person of color, color, religion, sex, and nationa ...
. It functioned as a library through 1985. In 1992, after renovation, the building was reopened as the headquarters of the Albany Area Arts Council.
In 1912, the downtown U.S. Post Office and courthouse building opened. Other federal projects have been important to the city and region. In 1937, Chehaw Park was constructed as a part of a
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of wide-reaching economic, social, and political reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938, in response to the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depressi ...
program under the administration of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...
during the
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
.
Major changes came with the expansion of military facilities in the city, secured by the powerful
Southern Block in Congress. A
U.S. Army Air Corps training base was built near Albany on land owned by the city and leased to the Air Corps for $1 a year. Construction of the base and airfield by the
Army Corps of Engineers began on March 25, 1941. After being used during World War II, the airfield was temporarily deactivated between August 15, 1946, and September 1, 1947.
After the beginning of the
Cold War
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and the founding of the
U.S. Air Force in late 1947, the airfield was reactivated and upgraded with runways for a U.S. Air Force base. It was named
Turner Air Force Base. The Air Force used this base for heavy bomber jets, such as the
B-52 Stratofortress
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic aircraft, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the ...
. A number of other Air Force units were also housed at this base. Among them were the 1370th Photomapping Group, and refueling and maintenance functions.
In 1951, the
U.S. Marine Corps established a logistics base on the eastern outskirts of Albany. During the 1950s and 1960s, so many white servicemen and associated workers arrived that the city briefly became majority white for the first time since 1870.
In 1960, the population of Albany reached 50,000 people. During 1961–1962, African Americans in Albany played a prominent role in the
Civil Rights Movement (see the
Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961. This movement was founded by local black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commi ...
). They led protests and non-violent demonstrations to end segregation of public facilities, gain the right to vote, and advance social justice. Assisted by activists from
SCLC,
CORE,
SNCC, and the
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...
, African Americans and supporters took a stand to fight segregation through nonviolence. The city repealed its
Jim Crow
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws introduced in the Southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, " Jim Crow" being a pejorative term for an African American. The last of the ...
laws in 1963, but African Americans did not recover the ability to exercise their voting rights until Congress passed enforcement authority with the
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights move ...
.
In 1967, the Air Force closed all its operations at the base, which was transferred to the
U.S. Navy and renamed Naval Air Station Albany. NAS Albany was used as the shore base of nearly all the Navy's
RA-5C Vigilante twin-jet, carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft. In 1974, the base was closed and the property was returned to the city.
In 1979, the Miller Brewing Company purchased part of the old naval base's property to build a new brewery.
The decline in military bases and railroad restructuring nationwide both led to job losses in the Albany area. Much of the remaining white population moved to suburbs and newer housing out of the city, which became majority African American in the 1970s. Struggling with a poor economy, in 1988 Albany made national headlines as the "Murder Capital of America", with the highest murder rate per capita in the United States. Other cities have since taken that title.
Some late twentieth-century floods have been extreme. In 1994, a severe flood was caused by rainfall from
Tropical Storm Alberto; it killed 14 people and displaced 22,000. The state supported a $150 million renovation of the
Albany State University
Albany State University is a Public university, public Historically Black College and University, historically black university in Albany, Georgia, United States. In 2017, Darton State College and Albany State University consolidated to become ...
campus to repair storm damage and complete upgrades. New housing was built on the south side of town to replace what had been destroyed. In 1998, the Flint River crested at above its bed and flooded parts of the city.
Because of such flooding, the city has decided against redeveloping areas along the riverfront floodplain for commercial or residential purposes. This area is being improved for other uses, with a riverfront walkway and a new aquarium built over a tributary creek.
On January 2 and 22, 2017, violent tornadoes passed through the area, claiming several lives and destroying mobile home parks in the process. On October 10, 2018
Hurricane Michael, the first major hurricane (Category 3+) to directly impact Georgia since the 1890s, plowed through South Georgia leaving widespread devastation in its path.
Geography

Albany is located at (31.582273, −84.165557), within
Southwest Georgia.
It lies in a belt of historically rich farmland in the East Gulf coastal
plain
In geography, a plain, commonly known as flatland, is a flat expanse of land that generally does not change much in elevation, and is primarily treeless. Plains occur as lowlands along valleys or at the base of mountains, as coastal plains, and ...
, on the banks of the
Flint River. The city is southeast of
Columbus, south of
Atlanta
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, south of
Americus, southwest of
Macon, west of
Tifton, northwest of
Valdosta, north of
Tallahassee,
Florida
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, east of
Eufaula, Alabama, and east of
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city in and the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, Houston County in the U.S. state of Alabama. A slight portion of the city extends into Dale County, Alabama, Dale and Henry County, Alabama, Henry counties. It had a population ...
.
, the city of Albany had been a member of the
Arbor Day Foundation's Tree City USA Program for 23 years. Tree-lined streets are common, with large, mature oaks and other native trees. The city has a tree ordinance, and a certified arborist on staff.
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
system, Albany has a
humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...
, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Albany receives well above the national average amount of precipitation. Much of this comes in the form of heavy showers and thunderstorms. According to "Cities Ranked and Rated" (Bert Sperling and Peter Sander), Albany reports thunder on 86 days per year. This is more than twice the national average.
Demographics
At the
1860 U.S. census, the city's population was 1,618. Its population has increased to a historic high of 78,122, before experiencing a decline to 69,647 at the
2020 United States census.
Racially and ethnically, Albany forms a part of the
Black Belt. The racial and ethnic composition in 2020 was 74.59%
Black or African American, 19.71%
non-Hispanic white
Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...
, 0.13%
Native American, 0.73%
Asian, 0.02%
Native Hawaiian
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Hawaiʻi was set ...
or other
Pacific Islander
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, 2.47% other or
multiracial
The term multiracial people refers to people who are mixed with two or more
races (human categorization), races and the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicity, ethnicities. A variety of terms have been used ...
, and 2.36%
Hispanic or Latino of any race.
According to the
American Community Survey
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of 2022, its racial and ethnic makeup was 75% African American, 19% White, 1% Asian, 2% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic or Latino of any race.
At the 2022 American Community Survey, the city had a median age of 34.7. There was an average of 2.3 persons per household and 27,608 housing units. Approximately 33% were married couples, 19% non-family households, 40% female households, and 7% male households.
An estimated 36% of the city population was married.
Among its relatively young population, the city had a median household income of $39,422 with a per capita income of $22,115. More than 60% of the population earned less than $50,000 annually, and 27% earned from $50,000 to $100,000 a year. Of the population, 33.8% lived at or below the poverty line, and 55% of children under age 18 are considered to be in poverty. Approximately 15% of adults 65 and older were considered in poverty.
Economy

Today, although the city is surrounded by
pecan
The pecan ( , , ; ''Carya illinoinensis'') is a species of hickory native to the Southern United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River.
The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia ( ...
groves,
pine tree
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as c ...
s, farms and plantations, almost none of the population is employed in agriculture. It has become heavily industrialized, and most business is conducted on a multinational scale. The city developed on both sides of the Flint River.
Health care, education and the
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany is a United States Marine Corps base located just outside Albany, Georgia. The primary mission of the units on the base is to rebuild and repair ground combat and combat ground support equipment, support equipm ...
are the largest employers.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the
secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
, transportation, and
retail trade
Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesale ...
are also important foundations of Albany's economy, and the city acts as a hub for commerce in southwest Georgia.
On December 17, 2008, Cooper Tire and Rubber, one of Albany's largest employers, announced plans to close the local manufacturing facility. Approximately 1,400 employees at the plant were projected to lose their jobs.
As a result of the
Great Recession
The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009. , unemployment remained higher in Albany than the country average. In 2012 Albany continued to add more new jobs while other portions of the state were trying to stem the tide of unemployment.
Albany has a skilled workforce, makes continual upgrades to its infrastructure, and has improvements in public safety, such as its ISO fire rating of 2.
It has numerous economic development initiatives, such as an Opportunity Zone, which offers a $3,500 tax credit per job created.
Arts and culture
Museums and the arts
* Albany Area Arts Council
* The Albany Chorale
*
Albany Civic Center
The Albany James H. Gray Sr. Civic Center (''Albany Civic Center'' for short) is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Albany, Georgia on the west bank of the Flint River. Opened in 1983, the arena is the only one of its kind in Southwest Geo ...
* Albany Civil Rights Institute
* The Albany Concert Association
*
Albany Municipal Auditorium
*
Albany Museum of Art
* The Albany Symphony Orchestra
* Ballet Theatre South
*
Flint RiverQuarium
* The Parks at Chehaw has one of two accredited zoos in the state.
* RiverQuarium Imagination Theater
*
Theatre Albany
*
Thronateeska Heritage Center
* Weatherbee Planetarium
Registered historic places
*
Albany District Pecan Growers' Exchange
Albany, derived from the Gaelic for Scotland, most commonly refers to:
* Albany, New York, the capital of the State of New York and largest city of this name
* Albany, Western Australia, a port city in the Great Southern region
Albany may also ref ...
*
Albany Housefurnishing Company
*
Albany Municipal Auditorium
*
Albany Railroad Depot Historic District
*
Bridge House
*
Carnegie Library of Albany
*
Davis-Exchange Bank Building
*
John A. Davis House
*
Mount Zion Baptist Church
*
New Albany Hotel
*
Old St. Teresa's Catholic Church
*
Rosenberg Brothers Department Store
*
St. Nicholas Hotel
*
Samuel Farkas House
*
Tift Park
*
U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
*
Union Station Depot
*
W. E. Smith House
Sports
* Albany was home to the
Albany Polecats, who were a low-A class team that played in the
South Atlantic League
The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its h ...
between 1992 and 1995. Albany was also home to the
South Georgia Peanuts, who played in the
South Coast League. They won the South Coast League championships in the league's inaugural season (2007) and were managed by former
MLB
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
shortstop
Wally Backman. The league folded after that season.
* The
Albany Panthers were an indoor football team based in Albany, Georgia. The team joined the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) during their inaugural season in 2010. When the SIFL folded, the team joined the Professional Indoor Football League in 2012. The Panthers' home games were played at the James H. Gray Civic Center until 2014.
*The
Georgia Firebirds were an indoor football team that played in various semi-pro leagues as well as the professional
American Indoor Football
American Indoor Football (AIF) is a professional Indoor American football, indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America.
The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the ...
in 2016 and the
National Arena League
The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. As of the end of the 2024 season, the league consisted of five teams.
A team's typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, but as of the 2022 ...
in 2017.
*Albany is home to
Sowegans SC, an amateur soccer team founded in 2023 and competing in the
Gulf Coast Premier League. The team hosts home matches at
Westover Comprehensive High School.
Memorials and sights
* Albany Civil Rights Memorial
* Albany Railroad Depot Historic District
* Astronauts Memorial
*
Confederate Memorial Park
* The Flint Riverquarium
* Freedom Flame
* Freedom Walk
* The Guardian
*
Radium Springs – one of the
Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia
* Ray Charles Plaza
* RiverFront Park
*
Royal Air Force Memorial
* Veterans Park
Festivals and events
City races include a full marathon or a half marathon. The full race is ranked as one of the top
Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was ins ...
qualifiers in the country, with almost 20% of all marathon finishers qualifying.
The annual Mardi Gras Street Festival takes place in downtown Albany the first weekend of March. Starting at noon and running until midnight, the festival coincides with the marathon and half marathon.
Government
Elected officials include a mayor and six city
commissioners
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In practice, the title of commissi ...
, each of whom serves a four-year term. The commissioners are elected from
single-member district
A single-member district or constituency is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders.
In some countries, such as Australia and India ...
s. An appointed
city manager
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acts as the
chief administrative officer. The city has been governed by a city commission and city manager since January 14, 1924.
The city government places responsibility for specific features into several departments.
Education
Public schools
The
Dougherty County School System operates a system of five learning centers, fourteen public elementary schools, four public middle schools, three public high schools, and one alternative school. All schools are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Georgia Accrediting Commission (GAC). The system had an enrollment in 2009–2010 of 15,838 students being taught by 1,070 teachers and 198 support and administrative personnel.
The following schools have distinctions:
* Alice Coachman Elementary School: 2009 National Blue Ribbon School, 2009 "No Excuses School" (Georgia Public Policy Foundation)
* Lincoln Elementary Magnet School: 2009–2010 Governor's Office of Students Achievement Bronze Award for Highest Percentage of Students Meeting & Exceeding Standards on the CRCT
* International Studies Elementary Charter School: Title 1 Distinguished School (10 consecutive years making AYP)
* Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet School: 2009–2010 Governor's Office of Students Achievement Gold Award for Highest Percentage of Students Meeting & Exceeding Standards on the CRCT
Private schools
Several private schools provide primary and secondary education, including:
* Byne Memorial Baptist School (BMBS)
*
Deerfield-Windsor School
Deerfield-Windsor School is an independent K–12 coeducational college preparatory school in Albany, Georgia, United States.
History
Deerfield-Windsor School was founded in 1964 when eight men, led by William T. Bodenhamer, set out to establis ...
(DWS)
* God's Foundation Christian Academy (GFCA)
* St. Teresa's Catholic School (STS)
*
Sherwood Christian Academy (SCA)
* Christian Covenant Academy (CCA)
Higher education
Albany State University
The city is the location of
Albany State University
Albany State University is a Public university, public Historically Black College and University, historically black university in Albany, Georgia, United States. In 2017, Darton State College and Albany State University consolidated to become ...
, founded as a pre-collegiate school in 1903. African Americans in the South had been intent since emancipation in gaining education and, by the turn of the 20th century, most were literate, as documented by
W. E. B. Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois ( ; February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relativel ...
in his history, ''
Black Reconstruction'' (1930). Albany State is notable as one of the few
historically black colleges and universities
Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of serving African Americans. Most are in the Southern U ...
to be part of the
University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia (USG) is the government agency that includes 26 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The system is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates gener ...
.
Albany Technical College
Albany Technical College is part of the Technical College System of Georgia and teaches post-secondary vocational and occupational training subjects.
Georgia Military College
Georgia Military College (GMC) is a Public college, public military junior college in Milledgeville, Georgia. It is divided into the junior college, a military junior college program, high school, middle school, and elementary school. It was ori ...
(GMC) has a site at this campus and conducts some classes here.
Troy University
Albany is a site location of
Troy University, one of many satellites which Troy has established throughout the Southeastern United States. For more than 20 years, Troy University, a public non-profit institution of Alabama, has taught classes both in-class and online in Albany. Troy's Albany site has classes in criminal justice, psychology and various general studies, along with offering other undergraduate and master's degree programs online.
Public libraries
Dougherty County Public Library operates the public libraries serving Albany.
Media
Newspapers
* ''
The Albany Herald
''The Albany Herald'' is the daily newspaper for metro Albany in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is distributed in metro Albany and in southwest Georgia. The newspaper was founded in 1891. Offices for the paper were previously housed in the hist ...
'', founded in 1891
* ''The Albany Journal'', published since 1939; Tom Knighton is current editor and publisher
* ''
The Albany Southwest Georgian,'' historically black newspaper founded by
A. C. Searles, editor
[Adam Fairclough, ''To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr''](_blank)
University of Georgia Press, 2001, p. 100
* ''
The Metro Gazette'', offers positive news about the community; founded in 2010 by Judith Hampton-Thompson
Television stations
* Channel 10
WALB
WALB (channel 10) is a television station in Albany, Georgia, United States, serving Southwest Georgia, Southwestern Georgia as an affiliate of NBC and American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power broadcasti ...
(
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's ...
)
* Channel 10.2
WALB-DT2 (
ABC)
* Channel 14
WABW (
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...
-GPB) (
Pelham)
* Channel 25
WACS (
PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...
-GPB) (
Dawson)
* Channel 31
WFXL (
FOX)
* Channel 44
WSWG (
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...
)
* Channel 44.2
WSWG-DT2 (
MyNet-
WSST)
* Channel 44.3
WSWG-DT3 (
CW+)
* Channel 55
WSST (
MyNet)
FM radio stations
* 88.5 W203AT (religious; translator for
KEAR)
* 89.3
WBJY (religious)
* 90.3
WAEF (religious)
* 90.7
WWQA (religious, bluegrass)
* 91.7
WUNV (
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...
– news, classical)
* 92.7
WASU (
Albany State University
Albany State University is a Public university, public Historically Black College and University, historically black university in Albany, Georgia, United States. In 2017, Darton State College and Albany State University consolidated to become ...
– college, jazz, urban)
* 93.1
WSRD (religious, talk)
* 93.5
WMRG (hip-hop/R&B)
* 93.9
WMTM (Classic hits)
* 94.7
WDEC (hot adult contemporary)
* 96.3
WJIZ (urban)
* 97.3
WGEX "Power 97.3" (Top 40)
* 98.1
WMRZ "Kiss" (adult urban)
* 100.3
WOBB "B-100"(country)
* 101.3
WTOA-LP Catholic radio
* 101.7
WQVE
WQVE (101.7 FM, "V 101.7") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia, United States, and surrounding cities with an urban adult contemporary
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the ...
"V101.7"(R&B, classic soul)
* 102.1
WJST "Retro FM 102.1" (classic hits)
* 102.5
W273AE (religious; translator for WYFK)
* 103.5
WJAD
WJAD (branded as "Rock 103") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia and surrounding cities with a mainstream rock
Mainstream rock (also known as heritage rock) is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States ...
"Rock 103" (classic and mainstream rock) (
Leesburg)
* 104.5
WKAK
WKAK (branded as "Georgia 104.5") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia and surrounding cities with a country music
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"Nash FM" (country) (formerly K-Country 104.5 as of June 2013)
* 105.5
WZBN "Power 105... The King" (holy hip hop and contemporary gospel)
* 106.1
WHKV (Christian contemporary)
* 106.5
WZIQ (Christian)
* 107.7
WNOU "107.7 Now-FM" (Hot adult contemporary)
AM radio stations
* 960
WJYZ (gospel)
* 1250
WSRA (ESPN sports)
* 1590
WALG
WALG (1590 AM broadcasting, AM, "News/Talk 1590") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia, and surrounding cities with a All-news radio, news/Talk radio, talk radio format, format. This station is under ownership of Rick Lambert and Bob Spe ...
(news, talk)
Infrastructure
Transportation
Air
Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (ABY) is a non-hub commercial service airport with service to Atlanta by
Endeavor Air, a regional carrier for
Delta
Delta commonly refers to:
* Delta (letter) (Δ or δ), the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet
* D (NATO phonetic alphabet: "Delta"), the fourth letter in the Latin alphabet
* River delta, at a river mouth
* Delta Air Lines, a major US carrier ...
. Both
UPS and
DHL
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use the airport as a sorting facility. In 2010, a master plan was completed. It recommended moving forward with the Replacement Terminal Project.
Rail
Freight rail service is provided by
Georgia Southwestern Railroad,
Georgia and Florida Railway/Omnitrax, and
Norfolk Southern Railway
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The comp ...
. Georgia and Florida Railway has its headquarters in Albany.
Several passenger trains from St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati in the Midwest, heading to Florida, made stops in
Albany Union Station. The last of these, the
Illinois Central
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's ''
City of Miami'' made its final stop there in 1971.
Bus
Albany Transit System (ATS) has been operated by the city since 1974 and provides fixed-route and para-transit services in Albany and Dougherty County, including service to the airport. All buses are wheelchair accessible and are equipped with bicycle racks. The main transfer station is in downtown Albany, at the corner of Oglethorpe and Jackson.
In addition, a
Greyhound
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Greyhounds are defined as a tall, muscular, smooth-c ...
bus station is located in downtown Albany, with connections to interstate service.
Roads
Transportation
While Albany is one of the largest cities in Georgia to not be served by an interstate,
U.S. Route 19 and
U.S. Route 82 provide thoroughfares through the city. The two join north of the city for a short freeway known as the Liberty Expressway. Other major highways that run through the city include
Georgia State Route 91
State Route 91 (SR 91) is an south-to-north state highway in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway travels from its southern terminus at the Florida state line, southwest of Donalsonville, where the roadway c ...
,
Georgia State Route 133
State Route 133 (SR 133) is an four-lane southeast-to-northwest state highway in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels through portions of Lowndes, Brooks, Colquitt, Worth, Dougherty, and Lee counties. It ...
,
Georgia State Route 234
State Route 234 (SR 234) is a east–west state highway located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a ...
, and
Georgia State Route 520. Albany is located on
Georgia State Route 300 (Georgia-Florida Parkway), which provides easy access to
Cordele, and
Interstate 75
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to the northeast and south to
Camilla, and
Thomasville. The Liberty Expressway spans serves as a bypass on Albany's north and east sides. Other highways that pass through Albany include US 19, US 82, and State Routes 3, 62, 91, 133, 234, and 520.
Bridges
Albany's Broad Avenue Memorial bridge, constructed in 1920 and comprising three open-spandrel concrete deck arch main spans and eight closed-spandrel deck arch spans, was closed in February 2009 after examination found it to be in unsafe condition. Deconstruction began in 2015 and the replacement segmental concrete box girder bridge was dedicated to veterans and opened on November 11, 2015.
In the early 1970s, construction of the Liberty-bypass bridges began. Construction of the bridges over the Flint River was completed much before the highway itself. They became known as the bridges to nowhere.
Energy infrastructure
Georgia Power
Portions of Albany are serviced by Georgia Power, which operates two electrical power plants within Dougherty County: coal-fired Plant Mitchell and the hydroelectric dam at Lake Worth, also known as Lake Chehaw.
Water management infrastructure
The Albany Water, Gas & Light Commission (WG&L) is a municipally-owned and operated utility system furnishing water, gas, and electricity to its broad–based customers. Albany WG&L, was founded in 1892 as the Albany Water Works, as the largest municipal user in Georgia.
The public water supply source for Albany-Dougherty County is groundwater obtained from four aquifers:
* Upper Floridan (locally called the Ocala) Aquifer
* Claiborne (formerly Tallahatta) Aquifer
* Clayton Formation
* Providence Aquifer
The water quality is considered to be excellent, needing only chlorination and fluoridation treatment.
Communications infrastructure
Both WG&L and AT&T offer communications infrastructure within the City of Albany.
Solid waste management
Albany is served by the Dougherty County Landfill located at 900 Gaissert Road, approximately southeast of the City of Albany.
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Health care
Albany is the home of a not-for-profit regional health system with a 26-county cachement area with Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital at its hub.
Public safety
Law enforcement
Albany is serviced by the Albany Police Department (APD) which is divided into three districts, each having its own police center. The Dougherty County Police Department is responsible for the unincorporated area of Dougherty County. The Dougherty County Sheriff's Department is a law enforcement agency under the direction of the County Sheriff, an elected official.[
]
Fire protection
The Albany Fire Department consists of more than 150 assigned personnel operating 11 fire stations in Dougherty County, seven of which are within the city limits.[
]
EMS/EMT service
Dougherty County EMS has over 60 employees and services the county through one headquarters and five satellite stations.[
]
Notable people
*Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...
: Grammy Award–winning singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer
* Alice Coachman: first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
* Mary Francis Hill Coley: midwife in Albany 1930–1966, inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement 2011
* Paula Deen: TV personality and cooking show host
*Field Mob
Field Mob is an American hip hop music, hip hop duo from Albany, Georgia, composed of artists Darion "Smoke" Crawford and Shawn Timothy "Shawn Jay" Johnson.
History Formation
Darion and Shawn grew up on the outskirts of Albany, Georgia, Albany ...
: hip hop group
* Bart Oates: 5-time NFL pro-bowler and 3-time Super Bowl Champion
* McCree Harris: activist with the Albany Movement
The Albany Movement was a desegregation and voters' rights coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, in November 1961. This movement was founded by local black leaders and ministers, as well as members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commi ...
*Reginald D. Hunter
Reginald Darnell Hunter (born March 26, 1969) is an American stand-up comedy, stand-up comedian based in the United Kingdom.
Early life
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: stand-up comedian
*Harry James
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: Swing era trumpet player and bandleader
* Alex Kendrick, actor/director/producer/filmmaker, co-founder of Sherwood Pictures and Kendrick Brothers
* Stephen Kendrick, actor/director/producer/filmmaker, co-founder of Sherwood Pictures and Kendrick Brothers
*Ray Knight
Charles Ray Knight (born December 28, 1952) is an American former infielder best remembered for his time with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets in Major League Baseball (MLB). Originally drafted by the Reds in the tenth round of the 1970 M ...
: former Major League Baseball infielder best remembered for his time with the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets
*Kylie Sonique Love
Kylie Sonique Love (born May 2, 1983), formerly known as Sonique, is an American entertainer, singer, dancer, model and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2009 ...
: drag queen, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 6)
The sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' premiered on June 24 and concluded on September 2, 2021. The first two episodes of the season aired on the same day. On August 20, 2020, VH1 renewed both ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and ''All Stars ...
* Paul McKinney: Pennsylvania State Senator for the 8th district from 1975 to 1982
* Phillip Phillips: singer-songwriter and actor who won the eleventh season of American Idol
*Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter ...
: pastor and U.S. Representative from Illinois
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* Jo Marie Payton, actress
* Bernice Johnson Reagon: American song leader, professor of American history, composer, historian, musician, scholar, curator at the Smithsonian, and social activist.
* Daryl Smith: Former linebacker
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for the Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division. The team ...
, Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The team plays its home g ...
, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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of the National Football League
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* Harry Spilman: former player for the Houston Astros
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and San Francisco Giants
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* Angelo Taylor: athlete, Olympic gold medalist
* Geraldine W. Travis: first black woman to serve in the Montana House of Representatives
The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.
Composition of the House
In the event that the parti ...
* James Wheeler (1937–2014), Chicago blues
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guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Joe Yonan, journalist, cookbook author and the Food and Dining Editor for ''The Washington Post
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''
References
Further reading
* Carolyn Clive, Frances Davis, and Tom Liner, eds., ''Glancing Backward: Albany, Georgia, 1836–1986'' (Albany, Ga.: Dougherty County School System and Sesquicentennial Publication Committee, 1986).
* Lee W. Formwalt, "A Garden of Irony and Diversity", in ''The New Georgia Guide'' (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996).
* Joseph Winthrop Holley, ''You Can't Build a Chimney from the Top: The South through the Life of a Negro Educator'' (New York: William-Frederick Press, 1948).
* Thronateeska Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, ''History and Reminiscences of Dougherty County, Georgia'' (1924; reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co., 1978).
* Works Progress Administration, ''Historical Background of Dougherty County, 1836–1940'' (Atlanta: Cherokee, 1981).
External links
City of Albany official website
South Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive
Digital Library of Georgia
Old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
Albany's First Brick House
historical marker
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