Albright, WV

Albright is a town in central Preston County, West Virginia, United States, along the Cheat River. The 2020 census counted 260 residents. Albright was incorporated in 1914. The town derives its name from David Albright, an early settler. The short version is that Albright carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Albright: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Located near Albright is the Virginia Furnace, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.