Monroe County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

10 Benton Avenue East, Albia, Iowa

( Marker can be reached from Benton Avenue East (County Road H35) just west of South Main Street (State Route 5), on the left when traveling west.)

In the mid-1800s, Iowa was a major hub for the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to freedom in the North.