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Albion, Indiana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Albion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46701. The Survey maps it on the Albion quadrangle. 2,222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.

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Albion within Noble County

On record in Albion

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Albion fell from 2,349 to 2,222 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,349
20202,222-127 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

2,078 words on this township

Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion : Growth, Resources, Surroundings, Facilities and Industrial Opportunities, Interesting Sketches and Reminiscences, with a Business and Professional Guide, published 1908 names this settlement in its chapter on Albion Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Abstracting of land titles has undergone a great change in the last few years and instead of being a mere business it is now ranked with the professions. A man to be successful in abstract work should be a real estate lawyer, an expert accountant, a surveyor, a geographer, a historian and a student of human nature.

Passage source: Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion : Growth, Resources, Surroundings, Facilities and Industrial Opportunities, Interesting Sketches and Reminiscences, with a Business and Professional Guide, published 1908.

Our work comprises the best structures in city and country. Our references are Albion, KimmeH and elsewhere in the rural districts. We take pleasure in referring you among many others to J. C. Cleland, whose farm residence is shown on page 66 of this book. Modern and architectural adornments, both residences and barn, put up in substantial form, at reasonable prices for first-class work.

Passage source: Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion : Growth, Resources, Surroundings, Facilities and Industrial Opportunities, Interesting Sketches and Reminiscences, with a Business and Professional Guide, published 1908.

JAMES J. LASH came to Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana, in the year 1848, served four years in the U. S. Army during the late Rebellion, 1861-5; held the office of Postmaster at Kendall ville, three years from 1866-9, being removed for political reasons; held the County Treasurers office four years, 1871-5; was the founder and proprietor of the "Albion Democrat" five years, 1882-7; held the County Recorder's office four years, 1881-5, and has been in the Abstract business for over 25 years.

Passage source: Popular History of Noble County Capitals and Greater Albion : Growth, Resources, Surroundings, Facilities and Industrial Opportunities, Interesting Sketches and Reminiscences, with a Business and Professional Guide, published 1908.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Albion Township - it names this place 12 more 12 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Albion: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Taggert Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Noble County

Storms near this place

41 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albion in 41 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion1 hurt, $15,000A mobile home was removed from its foundation.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindAlbion$50,000Numerous trees, tree limbs, power lines and poles were blown down in and around Albion. One tree branch fell onto a moving van in the HIdden Diamonds Park in Albion. The driver was not injured.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindAlbion$50,000Numerous trees were blown down starting in the town of Albion and continuing along for 5 milesjust south of highway 8. Several homes sustained minor damage. One mobile home 2 miles southeastof Albion was destroyed. Two farmsteads had their grain bins blown down and another farmstead hada barn destroyed by the high winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbion$30,000A commercial building on the north side of Courthouse Square sustained significant roof damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAlbion$20,000Siding and roof damage at the Noble County highway department.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAlbion$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAlbion$10,000Numerous trees and power lines down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAlbion$1,000Large tree, estimate 1 to 2 feet in diameter, uprooted in Albion.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbion$1,000A 12 inch diameter was down on SR 9.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Emergency management officials reported trees down in Albion, with one onto a mobile home. A mobile home suffered both extensive roof damage as well as being buckled in on the southeast side of the trailer.
March 2016Tornado (EF1)Albion-Indications of rotation were found on the northwest flank of a swath of microburst winds. The tornado appears to have touched down near a residence on East County Road 400 North, east of North County Road 150 East. A garage and well house suffered some damage. A barn on the northeast corner of the property suffered damage to the sides and roof, with debris being carried up to a half mile to the northeast. As the tornado crossed the road, power poles were snapped. It quickly moved over open fields until encountering a small property where 2 pine trees were snapped about half way up and the entire roof of a log cabin/cottage was picked up and thrown into a wood area to the northeast of the property. A picnic table and swing were thrown to the northwest into trees and another building. The tornado was likely in the process of lifting at this time with all debris left in the woods. No injuries were reported.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAlbion-The public reported large tree limb was blown down onto a residence, causing significant damage to a roof.
July 2014HailAlbion-The public reported dime size hail and a few small tree limbs down on the office Facebook page.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindAlbion-The public reported several trees down in the area, plus some damage to a local car wash.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Emergency management officials received reports of trees and power lines down blocking several roads across the county.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Trees downed all over Albion. One tree fell down on top of a car and trapped an occupant inside.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Numerous reports of wind damage across the county with trees and power lines down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down near Albion.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Trees down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindAlbion-Trees and power lines down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbion-NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY.
May 2018HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2017HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2006HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2006HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
April 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
March 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
April 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
April 2003HailAlbion-no account filed
August 2001HailAlbion-no account filed
May 2000HailAlbion-no account filed
June 2000HailAlbion-no account filed
April 1999HailAlbion-no account filed
June 1998HailAlbion-no account filed
May 1998HailAlbion-no account filed
May 1998HailAlbion-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindAlbion-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Noble County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Port Mitchell2.4 miles11
Bakertown4.1 miles12
Brimfield4.3 miles11
Burr Oak5.0 miles11
Wawaka5.2 miles11
Egans Point5.3 miles12
Wolflake5.6 miles11
Cosperville6.4 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AlbionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2278271The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 430044. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.