Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Albion, ID

Albion is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, in the Magic Valley region, and it is part of the Burley micropolitan area.

The 2020 census counted 234 residents in Albion, and the city uses ZIP code 83311.

Albion was the county seat of Cassia County from 1879 to 1918, before the seat moved to Burley.

Albion is one of the few cities in the Magic Valley founded before 1900, with its first settlement made around 1875 and the city named for Albion, the poetic name for Great Britain.

Settlement at Albion began in 1873, with significant Mormon settlement in 1875, and by 1880 the town had a population of 257.

Beginning in 1893, Albion was home to the Albion State Normal School, which trained many Idaho teachers, was renamed the Southern Idaho College of Education in 1947, and closed in 1951, with its teaching programs transferred to Idaho State College, now Idaho State University, in Pocatello.

During its existence, Albion Normal awarded some 6,460 degrees, and its campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1980.

After the normal school closed, the campus became Magic Valley Christian College from 1957 to 1969, was deeded to the city of Albion in 1970, and was sold at public auction in 2007 for 810,000 dollars to the Mortensen family, who began rehabilitating part of it as a conference and retreat center.

Albion sits between the Black Pine Mountains to the east, the Raft River Mountains to the southeast, and the Snake River Valley Plain to the north, with scenic views of nearby Castle Rocks State Park.

The old normal school campus sits at an elevation of 4,750 feet above sea level.