  alfred is a town in allegany county, new york, united states. the population was 5,237 at the 2010 census. the town of alfred has a village named alfred in the center of the town. alfred university and alfred state college are located in the village of alfred. ==history== allegany county was re-organized on march 11, 1808. "at the same time, the town of alfred was named and organized by the state legislature as one of five towns formed from the larger town (actually co-extensive with the county) of angelica: angelica, alfred, caneadea, nunda, and ossian.""alfred's town name", dr. susan strong, 1997, special collections and archives, herrick memorial library, alfred university. reprinted with permission of the author. "the naming of alfred has traditionally been attributed to alfred the great. that
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