Albion is a town in the northeastern part of Oswego County, New York, United States.

Prior to 1788, Native Americans would come to the area to hunt and fish for salmon during the spawning season.

Then, in 1791, two brothers, John and Nicholas Roosevelt bought a tract of land from the state, part of which would later become the town of Albion.

A fur trader by the name of Cary Burdick bought a parcel of land on the Williamstown road, about two miles (3 km) south of present-day Altmar.

In 1813, the Lilly brothers, David, Luther and Benjamin, settled near Burdick, and built the first sawmill.

Peter Henderson, from Scotland, bought 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land bordering the Salmon River, and began clearing it for farmland.

Moses Rich arrived in Sand Bank in 1822, and built the first Grist Mill.

George Scriba called it Alkmaar after a town in his home country of Holland.

In 1828, a native of Oneida county, Ammi Hinckley, arrived in Sand Bank and opened a general store.

The foundation was made with stones picked from the shores of Lake Ontario, and transported to Salmon River (now called Pineville) by wagon.

[clarification needed] On February 17, 1895, the Methodist congregation constructed a new church.

A building was erected in 1852 at Albion Center (on a corner of Tinker Tavern Road and County Route 22).

In the 1840s to 1850s, there was an influx of settlers to Albion that caused a demand for lumber which became the predominant industry because of the new construction.

Two toll gates at the village limits of Sand Bank were constructed.

In 1852, the Chapman brothers, James, Irving and George, built the first of many tanneries in the township.

On June 14, 1911, the Civil War Monument was unveiled in the Riverside Cemetery in Altmar.

On April 24, 1936, a brick school was built in Altmar, with Elston Ecker as the first principal.

It is now called the Altmar Elementary School, and will be closed in 2012 due to lack of students enrolling.

Also, Charles William August Hess, a resident of Altmar, died of cancer.