Is your desire to stay in Dane County because of proximity to Madison? If so, I have to say that if you are considering Albion you might as well go into Northern Rock County for the reasons GoldDust noted. One small town in Southern Dane County is pretty much like another small town in Northern Rock County. From your previous posts it sounds like you don't mind the small town atmosphere so which small town you live in shouldn't make a huge difference.
I have heard that Evansville (Rock County) is a very nice, progressive little town and it is certainly picturesque from what I've seen.
The City of Evansville, WI - Official Home Page
Also, I might add that I don't think Albion is much of a "community". I don't *know* this for sure, but when I considered moving out there once (I'm originally from Janesville) it seemed to be very rural and spread out, more like a suburb than a town. I never actually got to the point of actually looking at houses though, so I could be wrong. I just looked it up in Wikipedia and according to it there are 38.5 square miles and a handful of people over 2000, so that supports my impression. Madison is something like 50 square miles with 123,000+ to give it perspective.