Alfred

Alfred is a town in , , United States. The population was 4,896 at the 2020 census. The Town of Alfred has a village named in the center of the town. Alfred University and Alfred State College are located in the Village of Alfred.
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  • Type: Locality with 5,090 residents
  • Description: town in New York
  • Also known as: Alfred, New York”, “Alfred, NY”, and “Town of Alfred

Places of Interest

Highlights include Terra Cotta Building and Stull Observatory.

Museum
The is a historic building built by the Celadon Terra Cotta Company at in 1892. The structure is a one-story, 16-foot-wide, 25-foot-deep building built almost entirely of bricks, architectural terracotta, and roofing tiles manufactured by the company.

Observatory
is an astronomical owned and operated by Alfred University located in Alfred, and named after John Stull, who helped establish the observatory in 1966.

Library
is a special academic library located at Alfred University that serves the New York State College of Ceramics, Inamori School of Engineering, as well as for the greater international arts and sciences research community.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alfred.

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Alfred

Latitude
42.2386° or 42° 14′ 19″ north
Longitude
-77.7891° or 77° 47′ 21″ west
Population
5,090
Elevation
2,060 feet (628 metres)
Open location code
87J466Q6+C9
Geo­Names ID
5106961
Wiki­data ID
Q4722174
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Alfred” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Alfred
  • Cebuano: Alfred
  • Chechen: Альфред
  • Chinese: Alfred
  • Chinese: 阿尔弗雷德
  • Dutch: Alfred
  • French: Alfred
  • German: Alfred
  • Haitian: Alfred, New York
  • Haitian: Alfred
  • Hungarian: Alfred
  • Italian: Alfred
  • Japanese: アルフレッド
  • Mazanderani: آلفرد (نیویورک)
  • Mazanderani: آلفرد
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alfred
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alfred
  • Polish: Alfred
  • Portuguese: Alfred
  • Serbian: Алфред
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alfred, New York
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alfred
  • Spanish: Alfred
  • Tatar: Альфред
  • Turkish: Alfred
  • Ukrainian: Альфред
  • Welsh: Alfred, Efrog Newydd
  • Welsh: Alfred

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crandall Health Center and Alumni Hall.

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