Historical Marker
Pompton Lakes Train Station
Historical marker location:
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Wanaque Avenue and Cannonball Road, on the left when traveling south on Wanaque Avenue.)
Built 1927.
New Jersey played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North. Many abolitionists in New Jersey helped fugitive slaves, including Harriet Tubman, who is known to have traveled through the state.