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Albion, a village, the capital of Orleans co., N. Y., about 40 m. N. E. of Buffalo; pop. in 1870, 3,322. The Erie canal and the Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge branch of the New York Central railroad pass through it. It has several churches, an academy, a female seminary, two or three banks, and two weekly newspapers.
 
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