Albion is a town in and
county seat of
Orleans County,
New York,
United States, about 30 miles west north-west of
Rochester, New York. The
Erie Canal passed through the town. Albion is the center of the Medina
sandstone industry, and lies in the midst of a good farming region, of which it is the principal shipping point, especially for
apples,
cabbages and
beans. Albion was settled in
1812, was incorporated in
1823 and became the county seat in
1825. The population in
2000 was approximately 8,000.
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