Albany is a town located in Orleans County, Vermont. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 840. Albany is located in the southern part of the county bounded on the northeast by Irasburgh, southeast by Glover, southwest by Craftsbury, and northwest by Lowell, being a tract of land six miles square, set diagonally north and south. The town was chartered on June 26, 1782, and named in honor of Col. Lutterloh. This remained the name until 1815.