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{{Infobox settlement
|official_namename = Albright, West Virginia
|settlement_type = [[Town]]
|nickname =
|motto =
 
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|image_skyline = Virginia Furnace North.jpg
|imagesizeimage_caption = 1854 Historical [[Virginia =Furnace|Iron Furnace]] (2013)
|image_caption = [[Virginia Furnace]]
|image_flag =
|image_seal =
 
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|established_title =
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|area_land_sq_mi = 0.23
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.04
|unit_pref = Imperial▼
 
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|population_est = 261
|pop_est_as_of = 2021
|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021">{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=US Census |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=3 July 3, 2022}}</ref>
|population_total = 260
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>▼
|population_density_km2 = 469.39
|population_density_sq_mi = 1215.52
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|area_code = [[Area code 304|304]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 54-00748<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 1553704<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1553704}}</ref>
|website = {{URL|https://local.wv.gov/Albright/|Town website}}
|footnotes =
▲|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
▲|unit_pref = Imperial
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Located near Albright is the [[Virginia Furnace]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1999.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
 
The Albright Power Station, a former coal-fired power plant retired in 2012, sits across the Cheat River from Albright.<ref>{{cite web |title=Albright power station |url=https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Albright_power_station |website=SourceWatch |access-date=30 August 30, 2019}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|0.27|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.23|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-January 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-January 25, 2012 }}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
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===2010 census===
At the 2010 [[census]],<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-January 24, 2013}}</ref> there were 299 people, 120 households and 79 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1300.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 128 housing units at an average density of {{convert|556.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 1.3% from two or more races.
 
There were 120 households, of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.2% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.09.
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==Climate==
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Albright has a [[marinehumid west coastsubtropical climate]], abbreviated "CfbCfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=490064&cityname=Albright%2C+West+Virginia%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Albright, West Virginia]</ref>
 
==See also==
 
* [[List of towns in West Virginia]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Preston County, West Virginia}}
{{West Virginia municipalities}}
 
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