ALBION  , a

village and the county-seat of Orleans county, New York, U.S.A., about 30 M . W.N.W. of Rochester . Pop . (1890) 4586; (1900) 4477, (984 being foreign-born and 43 negroes) ; (1905, state census) 5174 ; (1910) 5016 . The village is served by the New York Central & Hudson River railway, by the Buffalo, Lockport & Rochester electric railway, and by the Erie Canal . In Albion are the Western House of Refuge for Women (a state institution established in 1890), a public park, the Swan Library, and the county buildings, including the court house, the jail and the surrogate's office; and about 2 M. to the S.E. is the beautiful Mount Albion Cemetery . Albion is the centre 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 . The village manufactures agricultural implements, vinegar, evaporated fruit, and canned fruit and vegetables, and has two large cold-storage houses . Albion was settled in 1812, was incorporated in 1823 and became the county-seat in 1825 .